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M45 - Pleiades with LBN774, IC1995, IC353
This is another target I've shot many times, but it also gets better each time. This is the deepest I've gone with this object being able to bring in the LBN and IC reflection nebulosity northwest of the cluster. I thought I'd get more of it, but it was fainter then I expected. When I was planning the shot with the Pleiades in the bottom right and LBN774 in the upper left I was originally going to go for 6 hours (3 each night) to really be able to make it clear. After the first night of shooting it and giving it a rough process I thought I had enough and went on to other targets the following nights. I wish I would have stayed on it just to pick up more of LBN774.

Scope: William Optics ZenithStar 66 with WO Flat 2 0.8x FR/FF
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G with GoTo
Guiding: Meade DSI Pro and PHD Guiding
Guide Scope: ATM 50mm f/4 Finder
Camera: Canon EOS 1000D (Stock)
Special Settings: None
ISO: 800
Exposure: 3 hours (36 x 300s)
Processing Software: Acquired in Nebulosity with Medium Dither, Calibration and Stacking in Deep Sky Stacker, Levels/Curves/Enhancements in Photoshop
Support Files: 40 flats, 40 bias, 10 darks

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Comment by Conor on September 10, 2011 at 6:18am
Fantastic details. I seriously can't believe you're shooting this stuff with a DSLR. Awesome!

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