Pleiades

[DommyDevil18]

I have always enjoyed observing the Seven Sisters in Taurus the Bull one of three things I look forward to in the Winter skies (Orion and the inverted Plough being the others) but I can never seem to get a picture of them with my camera but I can of Orions Belt. If anyone here can help me out I will definately appreciate it Thank you

[laser_jock99]

You can take a picture of the Pleiades with an ordinary DSLR attached to a tracking telescope. The Pleiades is bright so almost any telescope will do- the main requirement is a good tracking mount.

This picture is a stack 5 x 3 minutes unguided sub frames through a 12" Newtonian scope and Fujifilm DSLR 

[jonathan]

What are the cloudy bits around two of the stars in this photo?

[John]

What are the cloudy bits around two of the stars in this photo?

Reflection nebulosity. I've glimpsed it with my 12" scope on really dark nights. 

[Pig]

Great picture Jock 

[JB80]

Not as good a pic but I got this with a 300mm camera lens, but you still need a tracking mount of some kind. A barn door tracker probably is the cheapest option.

[Kropster]

Always so pretty.

Here is a pic from my 130pds on an EQ3/2 unguided.

Needs more subs to bring out the nebulosity.....maybe next time.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Here's my little image of the Pleiades, taken with a DSLR on a fixed tripod. I used a 50mm f1.8 lens stopped down to f2.5, it's about sixty 3.2 second exposures stacked together.

It's just showing a hint of nebulosity below Merope, despite having half a Moon and a fair bit of light pollution to contend with. Not a patch on the other images in this thread, but it shows what is possible from a fixed mount.

[DommyDevil18]

Thank you everybody Can I just say they are all amazing photos

[michaeldurban]

oh..oh..oh..!!!

(jump, jump)

I love those pics....!!!!

Laser-jock99...  my new hero!!

brilliant...

I don't even care about contrast or stuff like that..

mesmerizing pictures..thank you  !!!