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Telescope: Astro-Physics 092 Stowaway Description:The Pleiades (/'pli?.?di?z, 'ple?-, 'pla?-/ PLEE-?-deez, PLAY-, PLY-),[8][9] also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light-years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and the nearest Messier object to Earth, being the most obvious star cluster to the naked eye in the night sky. It contains the reflection nebulae NGC 1432, an HII region,[10] and NGC 1435, known as the Merope Nebula. Around 2330 BC the Pleiades marked the vernal point. Due to the brightness of its stars, the Pleiades is viewable from most areas on Earth, even in locations with significant light pollution. (Wiki).
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO Constellation: Taurus
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200 MM Pro Monochrome Camera. Remotely Imaged With Voyager.
Guiding: ZWO ASI174 guide Camera and 60mm Guide Scope Type: Star cluster and Nebula.
Exposure Data: 65 x 5 minute sub exposures with Chroma RGB filters. Position: R.A. 03h 47m 24s Dec +24° 07' 00"
Processed using Voyager data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: October 2025
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Imaging Location: Maor Observatory at Whitetail Hollow
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