M45 Pleiades

[WolfieGlos]

Possibly a bit late in the season for this one, I was hoping to get more time for the dusty areas, but the cloudy nights and now the Moon phase have ruined any chance of that.

Anyway, here is a first attempt at M45, imaged across 2 nights 20th and 23rd Feb, 2.5 hours each before the target got too low. ISO-400, Stock Canon 77D + SW 72ED. 60x 300s (05:00:00) + 50 flats and biases. I think the longer subs may have blown out the stars a bit, but I like how they emphasise the brighter stars that are visible to the eye.

Stacked in Siril, processed in Siril, Starnet and GIMP.

Edited February 28 by WolfieGlos
500s subs corrected to 300s

[mirrorgirl1980]

hi there

 

a lovely M45 can I ask did you use any type of filter absolutely beautiful , well done

[WolfieGlos]

Thank you 😀

Nope, I didn't use a filter for this one.