"Pleiades" Messier 45

Posted: Sep 21st, 2026

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Technical Info

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

Software: APT, DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI

Accessories: Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov mask

Exposure:

116 x 90" ISO/Gain: 3200

Green, Bortle 4 zone:

Chelyabinskaya Oblast', Pisklovo, Russia

Sep 18th, 2026

2 h 54 m

Resolution: 6024x4020 px

Scale: 13627 KB

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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

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