M45 Pleiades - at last

[Jannis]

Being one of the larger and brightest targets there is, i wonder why i haven't done it before. But finally, after 4 years, i got it

12x 60sec subs at ISO800. flats and bias. No darks though as i messed up and thought i had them, but didn't...

High res version.

[ilove1995]

Lovely image, well done.

[andyo]

Very nice and plenty of the blue stuff well done

[Coco]

Outstanding.. Very well done indeed..

[lensman57]

Hi Jannis,

Very nice indeed, good processing too. You have come a long way in a short while.

A.G

[Scott]

A stunning image of a beautiful target. you must be pleased with this one.

Others will argue but I'm quite partial to diffraction spikes on an image like this

[Jannis]

Thanks guys!

And indeed i am satisfied. Allready printed and ready to put in my album as soon as the ink is completly dry

[StuartJPP]

Looks good to me, well done...

[Mr Spock]

Top quality image. Really nicely done.

[PhotoGav]

That's beautiful, well done and thank you for sharing!

[idigitize]

Very nice and think the spikes work well too!

[Raga]

Stunning pic. Excellent.

[swag72]

Nice colours - A pleasing image to be sure

[wookie1965]

Great nebulosity lovely image.

[Jannis]

This picture also just won "picture of the day" at www.akam.no, one of Norway's largest photo-sites.

While there's no winning price for picture of the day, it does give a bit of boost in the motivation to go out and freeze some more for the pictures!

[Uranium235]

A very clean result.

Im still waiting for this one, since I can only get an hour on it before it vanishes behind a tree for three hours   It will be November before I can touch M45 at a sensible(ish) time.

[Daniel-K]

great image.i might give it a go in my 150PDS already done it with the ED80 so the 150 should fit it in nicely and the extra light gathering power will be handy.

[Jannis]

A very clean result.

Im still waiting for this one, since I can only get an hour on it before it vanishes behind a tree for three hours   It will be November before I can touch M45 at a sensible(ish) time.

That's too bad. I hate waiting for objects to be accessable - and then wait for the clouds to go away, the fog, the moon, and the atmospheric turbulence... >_<

On the other hand, if you can get 1 hour data, it could be worth a go. My pic is exactly 1 hour exposure as well.

Option B: http://www.abbeygardensales.co.uk/chainsaws/mountfield-chainsaws/showitem-G1-MC3616.aspx

Daniel: indeed you shuold try with the 150P. the 200P is a little tight for this target, and i'm guessing the 150p would make a very nice FOV for m45.

I was wrong on the price btw, it seems that there is one after all. I get my picture enlarged and as far as i understood printed professionaly in a big version.

[wxsatuser]

Well done on picture of the day.

[Quatermass]

Lovely seven sisters one of my favourites this one

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