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Messier 45 Atlas & Pleione

M45 Atlas & Pleione by Gerard van den Braak

Object data

Object type:

M 45 Atlas (o) & Pleione ((b)

Size object:

22x29 arcmin.

Magnitude:

 

Constellation:

TAU M45 Pleiades nebula

Distance:

 425 LY

 

 

Exposure data

Date, time

2006-11-17    ~22.20 hour

Julian day number

2454 057

Location:

Zuidlaren, the Netherlands

Telescope:

Sugar-3 telescope 255mm F5,5 Newton

Camera:

ST 2000XM CFW10

Filters:

Lunimance 3x 30 sec

Temperature outside:

+6 0C

Temperature CCD:

-150C

Binning:

2x2

Field of view:>

22x29 arcmin.

Imaged by:

Gerard van den Braak

Processing tools:

CCDsoft, Photoshop CS

Notes: