M45-The Pleiades

They look to the naked eye like a small dipper now rising in the NE after dark.

 

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Astro Tech AT66ED

 

Imaging cameras: QHYCCD 163C · QHYCCD 163m

 

Mounts: Celestron CG-4 MotorDrive

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses: MEADE 50mm Finder Guidescope

 

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI120MM

 

Focal reducers: Astro Tech 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

 

Software: Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy · Open Guiding PHD2 Guiding · RegiStar · Astro Pixel Processor · Adobe Photoshop CS4 Photoshop CS4

 

Filters: Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter · UV/IR Cut Filter UV/IR-Cut 1.25"

 

Accessory: Rigel Systems Focuser

 

Dates:Nov. 7, 2020 , Oct. 8, 2021 , Oct. 31, 2021

 

Frames:

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 224x120" (7h 28') bin 1x1

Orion SkyGlow Imaging Filter: 154x120" (5h 8')

UV/IR Cut Filter UV/IR-Cut 1.25": 199x120" (6h 38') -10C

 

Integration: 19h 14'

 

Darks: 100

 

Flats: 100

 

Avg. Moon age: 16.03 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 30.25%

 

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

Basic astrometry details

 

Astrometry.net job: 5174106

 

RA center: 03h46m32s

 

DEC center: +24°09′57″

 

Pixel scale: 2.437 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: 333.981 degrees

 

Field radius: 1.973 degrees

 

Resolution: 4664x3498

 

Data source: Backyard

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