Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

M45 - The Pleiades

Open Cluster M45 - The Pleiades
Date/Place2009-10-23 at Saint Barthélemy (AO)
CoordinatesAR 03h 47m 00s DEC +24° 07'00"
InstrumentTakahashi FSQ85ED
CameraModified 450D
Integration20x600 sec. at ISO 800. Preprocessing and stacking with Deep Sky Stacker, Stretch with PICTools and Pixinsight LE.
DescriptionA beautiful cluster with a reflection nebula
CommentThe most beautiful Open Cluster of the entire sky, already visible at naked eye, on photos it reveals all the dust nebulas around the young bright stars.