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The Pleiades and the Meriope Nebula<\/strong>

The Pleiades and the Meriope Nebula

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Pleiades
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> M45
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> n\/a
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> n\/a
Telescope:<\/strong> Vernonscope
Camera:<\/strong> Canon 350D
Object Type:<\/strong> Open Cluster
Distance:<\/strong> 444ly
Constellation:<\/strong> Taurus
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 3 Hrs, 48′, 5.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 24\u00b0, 10′, 12.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 1.60
60x60s one shot color, stacked in DeepSky Stacker and processed in Photoshop CS4<\/em>
(Image ID: 246)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Pleiades (the Seven Sisters)<\/strong>

Called the Seven Sisters, there’s significantly more than 7, just too faint to see naked eye. I love that I’m just catching the nebulosity of the Meriope nebula

Designations:<\/strong>
    \u2022 Common Name:<\/strong> Pleiades
    \u2022 Messier:<\/strong> M45
    \u2022 New General Catalogue:<\/strong> NGC 1432
    \u2022 Other:<\/strong> Seven Sisters
Telescope:<\/strong> Vernonscope
Camera:<\/strong> Nikon D5000
Object Type:<\/strong> Open Cluster
Distance:<\/strong> 0.38
Constellation:<\/strong> Taurus
Right Ascension:<\/strong> 3 Hrs, 47′, 0.00″
Declination:<\/strong> 24\u00b0, 7′, 0.00″
Magnitude:<\/strong> 1.60
I can no longer recall the details of this image’s capture or processing<\/em>
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