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...featuring... Err... Starring M45 Pleiades open star cluster and some of its ghostly nebulosity.

 

Sad note: my camera got plagued by a good lot of red hot pixels. They are nasty.

Good note: Astronomik CLS-CCD clip-in filter for Canon EOS APS-C cameras is a light pollution killer :]

 

Acquisition time: JD2456984.32694 (22.11.2014 23:50:47 MSK).

Image orientation: something like straight.

Equipment:

Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM backed by Astronomik CLS-CCD clip-in filter on Canon 60D (unmodded) riding #Polarie.

Aperture (effective) 40 mm

Focal length 200 mm

Tv = 120 seconds (risky business, trailing is apparent)

Av = f/5

ISO 3200 (overdone, perhaps)

Exposures: 40 (plus 22 dark frames, plus master bias from the library plus 100 flat-field images)

 

Processing:

Images were converted into Adobe .DNG with Abode converter and stacked in DSS.

Final adjustment was made in Photoshop.

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Uploaded on November 23, 2014