Pleiades (Messier 45)

First attempt at imaging something larger than a planet, or the moon.

 

Edit was rushed last night to see what I captured. Honestly, happy for now. This side of the imaging will be more time consuming.

 

 

SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard

BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel

NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes

NAXIS1 = 3840 / length of data axis 1

NAXIS2 = 2160 / length of data axis 2

NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3

EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions

COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy

COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&A...376..359H

BZERO = 0 / offset data range to that of unsigned short

BSCALE = 1 / default scaling factor

DATE = '2024-11-26T22:54:56' / UTC date that FITS file was created

DATE-OBS= '2024-11-20T20:15:04.275000' / YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss observation start,

INSTRUME= 'ZWO CCD ASI585MC' / instrument name

OBSERVER= ' ' / observer name

TELESCOP= 'Sample Guide 300@F\6.0' / telescope used to acquire this image

ROWORDER= 'BOTTOM-UP' / Order of the rows in image array

XPIXSZ = 2.9 / X pixel size microns

YPIXSZ = 2.9 / Y pixel size microns

XBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode

YBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode

FOCALLEN= 489.383 / Camera focal length

CCD-TEMP= 4.5 / CCD temp in C

EXPTIME = 15 / Exposure time [s]

STACKCNT= 30 / Stack frames

LIVETIME= 450 / Exposure time after deadtime correction

EXPSTART= 2.46064e+06 / Exposure start time (standard Julian date)

EXPEND = 2.46064e+06 / Exposure end time (standard Julian date)

IMAGETYP= 'Light Frame' / Type of image

GAIN = 50 / Camera gain

OFFSET = 15 / Camera offset

CTYPE1 = 'RA---TAN' / Coordinate type for the first axis

CTYPE2 = 'DEC--TAN' / Coordinate type for the second axis

CUNIT1 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates

CUNIT2 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates

EQUINOX = 2000 / Equatorial equinox

OBJCTRA = '03 46 23.764' / Image center Right Ascension (hms)

OBJCTDEC= '+24 25 33.857' / Image center Declination (dms)

RA = 56.599 / Image center Right Ascension (deg)

DEC = 24.4261 / Image center Declination (deg)

CRPIX1 = 1920 / Axis1 reference pixel

CRPIX2 = 1080 / Axis2 reference pixel

CRVAL1 = 56.599 / Axis1 reference value (deg)

CRVAL2 = 24.4261 / Axis2 reference value (deg)

CDELT1 = -0.000339476 / X pixel size (deg)

CDELT2 = 0.000339574 / Y pixel size (deg)

PC1_1 = -0.620322 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 1)

PC1_2 = -0.784347 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 2)

PC2_1 = 0.784107 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 1)

PC2_2 = -0.620626 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 2)

PLTSOLVD= T / Siril internal solve

HISTORY mean stacking with winsorized sigma clipping rejection (low=3.000 high=3

HISTORY .000), additive+scaling normalized input, normalized output, no image we

HISTORY ighting, equalized RGB

HISTORY TOP-DOWN mirror

HISTORY Photometric CC

HISTORY Background extraction (Correction: Subtraction)

HISTORY Histogram Transf. (mid=0.000, lo=0.001, hi=1.000)

HISTORY Saturation enhancement (amount=0.87)

HISTORY SCNR (type=average neutral, amount=1.00, preserve=true)

HISTORY Saturation enhancement (amount=0.92)

END

Done