Pleiades Star Cluster

[HunterHarling]

I've been wanting to capture this one for a long time... and I finally did these past few weeks. Unfortunately the stars are a bit blown out and have strange diffraction patterns due to the ZWO microlens. Tips/ comments on how to help these would be appreciated  

One interesting thing I noticed was a small galaxy to the right of Electra. Does anyone know what its brightness is?

LRGB: each 50x180s

Total exposure: ~10 hours

ASI1600

FSQ106

Thanks for looking & clear skies.

[wxsatuser]

The galaxy is UGC 2838 at mag 18.

[Craney]

That's a fine picture.  

Just the right amount of star brightness and nebulosity, without over indulging in a hyper-stretch.

[CedricTheBrave]

great picture 

how would you go about finding the name of the galaxy? if there is one!

its not on stellarium

[Mick H]

Nice picture HunterHarling, it took me ages to find that Spiral Galaxy in your pic.

You can read more here:

https://www.space.com/38831-faint-spiral-galaxy-photobombs-seven-sisters.html

Edited November 6, 2019 by Mick H

[don4l]

35 minutes ago, CedricTheBrave said:

great picture 

how would you go about finding the name of the galaxy? if there is one!

its not on stellarium

I have it in Cartes du Ciel.  It is in an add on catalogue called "PGC".  If you can add catalogues to Stellarium, then look for one with "PGC" and it should be in there.

 

[CedricTheBrave]

315817220.52151 light years away!

[Allinthehead]

Very nice indeed.

[HunterHarling]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone!

6 hours ago, CedricTheBrave said:

315817220.52151 light years away!

Thats pretty far!

6 hours ago, Mick H said:

Nice picture HunterHarling, it took me ages to find that Spiral Galaxy in your pic.

You can read more here:

https://www.space.com/38831-faint-spiral-galaxy-photobombs-seven-sisters.html

Interesting...

[gorann]

Very nice indeed! If there is mirolensing around the stars it is not apparent to me. And yes I had to look long for that galaxy - well done spotting it.

[HunterHarling]

Thanks, Gorann