M 45  -  wide field


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Image with Baader Apo 95/560


Object data of M45

Object type: Open star cluster (I3r) with reflection nebula
Size: 110'
Magnitude: 1.6 mag
Constellation: Tau
Distance: 440 Ly
   
Notes: The Pleiades nebulae are blue-colored, which indicates that they are reflection nebulae, reflecting the light of the bright stars situated near (or within) them. Physically, the reflection nebula is probably part of the dust in a molecular cloud, unrelated to the Pleiades cluster, which happens to cross the cluster's way. It is not a remainder of the nebula from which the cluster once formed.

Exposure data

Date: 2017-11-15 + 2017-11-17
Location: ATHOS Centro Astronomico / La Palma (900m)
Telescope: Sigma Art 135mm F1.8 DG HSM @ f/2.8
Camera: Nikon D850 (ISO400)
Mount: 10micron GM1000 HPS
Exposure time: 23x3min
Exposure time total: 1h 09min
   
Notes:

Image acquisition by CEDIC team (Christoph Kaltseis, Bernhard Hubl, Markus Blauensteiner)

Image processing by Christoph Kaltseis


 

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