Nebula and Open Cluster in Taurus

The Pleiades - Nebula and Open Cluster in Taurus

Description: The Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Messier 45 or Subaru - a bright open cluster embedded in reflection nebula in Taurus. An easy naked eye cluster in the winter sky but observing the nebulosity takes a good eye and dark skies. This was shot from my club's site, the Wilson Coulee Observatory where there is a growing amount of light pollution. It took a while to remove the gradients from that and this is about as deep as I can go from that site in visible RGB light. Camera: SBIG STF-8300M at -15C Filters: Baader 7nm H-alpha filter and Baader RGB Scope: Takahashi FSQ106 refractor Exposure: 8 x 10 minutes for red, blue and green Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta Date: October 8th, 2021

The Pleiades - Nebula and Open Cluster in Taurus

Description: The Pleiades, Seven Sisters, Messier 45 or Subaru - a bright open cluster embedded in reflection nebula in Taurus. An easy naked eye cluster in the winter sky but observing the nebulosity takes a good eye and dark skies. This was shot from my club's site, the Wilson Coulee Observatory where there is a growing amount of light pollution. It took a while to remove the gradients from that and this is about as deep as I can go from that site in visible RGB light.
Camera: SBIG STF-8300M at -15C
Filters: Baader 7nm H-alpha filter and Baader RGB
Scope: Takahashi FSQ106 refractor
Exposure: 8 x 10 minutes for red, blue and green
Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta
Date: October 8th, 2021