M45 - The Pleiades

[mightymonoped]

M45 The Pleiades

This is the full size capture from 3 sessions. 

Approx 4.5hrs worth of capture with
WO Redcat 51
Optolong l-pro
ASI294 mc pro
EQ6-R Pro
ASIair

Processed in APP, PI and PS CC 

Tony
 

 

[david_taurus83]

Wow! Dark skies? If I could be a bit critical I would say it would look even better with less noise reduction.

[mightymonoped]

3 hours ago, david_taurus83 said:

Wow! Dark skies? If I could be a bit critical I would say it would look even better with less noise reduction.

Yes, you’re absolutely right! I went a bit overboard on the NR. I’m planning on looking at selective masking to sort the noise out properly! The skies are officially Bortle 4 but a lot of local light pollution means Gradient Hell. 
 

Clear skies!

Tony