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| Date: 11/01/2008 | Deepskystacker: Average | Name: The Seven Sisters - Pleiades - M45 |
| Location: Golden Grove Western Australia | ||
| Camera: Canon 20D | In all, the
cluster is made up of about 100stars. They were born together out of
the same dark molecular cloud. They are all blue, hot, and young -
only about 78 million years old. They are surrounded by nebulosity -
little clouds of interstellar matter lit up by the intense radiation from
the stars. Although the Pleiades are presently grouped together,
eventually they will drift apart, as happens with all open clusters.
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| Optics: SkyWatcher ED80 | ||
| Exposure: 5 x 604Secs & 800ASA | ||
| Total Exposure: 50 Minutes | ||
| Guiding: DSI on LX200R | ||
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Position in Sky |
Photoshop CS2: levels, colour balance, curves, saturation, scaling, jpeg conversion . | |
| RA (J2000): 3h 46.807m | ||
| DEC (J2000): -24* 11.355 ' | ||
| Constellation: Taurus | ||
| Distance: 400 Light Years | ||
| Mag: 1.37 |
