The Pleiades Star Cluster

Alrighty, here's another one from last night. The Pleiades star cluster. (M45). It's easily visible even to the naked eye, but imaging the object is usually required to bring out the whisp-like nebulosity.

 

01/28/12

Joshua Tree, CA

9 frames = 8 minute 55 second exposures ISO 6400

Images stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in Gimp 2

6" Meade Newtonian Reflector LXD75 EQ Mount

Canon Rebel T3 DSLR

 

Done