M45 Wide

“Pleiades Cluster”

Constellation-Taurus

Right Ascension: 3h  47m  57s

Declination: 24° 9' 46"

Distance:  444 light years

Visual Brightness:  mag 1.6

Apparent Dimension:  30 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken- December 13, 2011

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- Takahashi FS-78 @ f/6.4 (Sky90 Reducer), ATIK 383L Mono @ -20C, on a NexStar11GPS autoguided with PHD2.5

Integrations-  L = 6 x 600 seconds binned 1x1, clear filter with Artemis Capture

Processing- Flats and darks, aligned and combined in Maxim DL 6, processed with Maxim and Photoshop CS5