IMAGE

M45 Pleiades


Most stars are single and separate from each other, but the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, are a group of many stars that are easily visible to the naked eye. They are one of brightest star clusters in the sky containing around 3,000 stars and positioned about 444 light-years from Earth.
click to enlarge

M45 Pleiades

2023-01-21

Most stars are single and separate from each other, but the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, are a group of many stars that are easily visible to the naked eye. They are one of brightest star clusters in the sky containing around 3,000 stars and positioned about 444 light-years from Earth.

  • Scope:
  • Camera:
  • Mount:
  • Cpu:

Taken by Mick Lobley using NINA on a Beelink PC for the first time. NINA was used to polar align, calibrate guiding and sequence the capture using LRGB filters with a Starlight Express 814 Mono camera.