M45 Pleiades LRGB

Imaged January 19th and 20th 2018, near Cambridge UK.

 

Image Details:

4 hours 50 mins total exposure.

12 x 600s Luminance 1x1 (2 hours)

11 x 300s Red 1x1 (55mins)

12 x 300s Green 1x1 (1 hours)

11 x 300s Blue 1x1 (55mins)

 

Scope - Altair Astro Wave Series 115mm Refractor, Planostar 0.79x reduced to 642mm/F5.54.

Sensor - Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader Ha/OIII/SII filters. -20degC.

Scale - 1.73 arcsec/pixel.

 

Mount - Altair Astro Pier mounted iOptron CEM60.

Guiding - Lodestar X2 and SX OAG with PHD2.

Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight.

 

Thanks for looking.

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