Skymonsters

Astrophotography by Nicola Montecchiari

M45 - The Pleiades

Open Cluster M45 - The Pleiades
Date/Place2009-10-23 at Saint Barthèlemy (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.
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.