M45 - The Pleiades
  • Details
    Date Taken: 08/20/2009
    Location: Little Mount Hoffman, Calif.
    Telescope: Orion 8 inch f/4.0 Newtonian Astrograph Reflector Telescope
    Mount: Astro-Physics AP900 equatorial mount
    Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D DSLR
    Processing: Dark and flat frame subtraction, processing in Images Plus and Photoshop CS3.
    Exposure: No. exposures: 23. Exposure duration: 300 sec. Total exposure time: 1 hr 55 min. ISO setting 800
    Other Equipment Used: Orion StarShoot Pro V2.0 Deep Space Color CCD Imaging Camera, Orion 100mm f/6.0 Refractor Tube Assembly, Tele Vue Paracorr Type 2, Tele Vue Canon Wide T Adapter
    Notes: Dark and flat frame subtraction, processing in Images Plus and Photoshop CS3.
  • Photographer
    Steve S