"Pleiades" Messier 45
- Resolution:
- 6024x4020 px
- File size:
- 13627 KB
Photo description / processing
Open star cluster "Pleiades" Messier 45
Reflection nebulae Maia (NGC 1432) and Merope (NGC 1435)
Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Tube Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Bahtinov mask
Camera and polar scope iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Guide SVBONY 60/240, F/4
Guide camera ZWO ASI 120 Mini
Flat panel Gemini 190 mm
Capture software:
Astrophotography Tool, SharpCap (polar alignment), EQ-Mode, ASCOM, Cartes Du Ciel, PHD2
Chelyabinsk region, Etkul district
Green light pollution zone. Class 3 on the Bortle scale.
Shooting 18-19.09.2026
Total 116 Light frames of 90 seconds + 20 Dark frames + 20 Bias frames + 20 Flat frames
ISO 3200
Accumulated signal Σ=2h54'00"
Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Siril, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 150/750
- Camera
- Canon 200 Da
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO SynScan
- Guide Scope
- SVBONY 60/240
- Guide Camera
- ZWO ASI 120 Mini
- Accessories
- Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov mask
- Software
- APT, DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
- Location
- Chelyabinskaya oblast', Pisklovo, Russia
Light pollution
Green, Bortle 4 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 116 × 90″ · ISO/Gain: 3200
Total exposure: 2 h 54 m
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