"Pleiades" Messier 45
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 suburb, Starokamyshinsk area
Red light pollution zone. Class 7 on the Bortle scale.
Capture 08.09.2026
Total 191 Light frames at 90 seconds each + 20 Dark frames + 20 Bias frames + 20 Flat frames
ISO 800
Accumulated signal Σ=4h46'30"
Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Siril, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 150/750
- Camera
- Canon EOS 200D (astro-modified)
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
- 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
- Chelyabinsk, Russia
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 191 × 90″ · ISO/Gain: 800 ·
Total exposure: 4 h 47 m
NGC 1432
Sep 8th, 2026 · UTC · Moon information 8% · >15° / Astronomical night: 5 h
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