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Messier 45, Pleiades

Messier 45, Pleiades or, from my childhood days, The Seven Sisters.

At 444 lightyears from earth they are probably the best open star cluster in the sky. The bright young hot stars are thought to be passing through a dust cloud thus creating reflection nebulae. The clustering will eventually be lost due to local gravitational interactions.

 

Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Canon EOS 6D

Sky-Watcher EQM-35 Pro

Adobe Lightroom · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)

Nov. 1, 2024

Frames:

56×60″(56′)

Locations: Little Desert National Park, Nhill, Victoria, Australia

 

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Uploaded on November 22, 2024