M45
FYNebulas
FYNebulas
M45
M45
Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day
Pleiades
Image Credit: Stefano Campani (Stefano79)
Location: Cervarezza R.E. Italy
The Pleiades by Astrophotographer Sergi Verdugo
DETAILS
Exposure: 16x600” @ ISO 800
Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88FD with Borg DG-L
Filter: Baader UV/IR cut 2”
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 Pro
Camera: Modded Canon 350D in cooler box
Date: 16th October 2009
Location: Rasos de Peguera (Barcelona, Spain)
Comments: I wanted to get a deep image of this mixture of open star cluster and reflection nebula. I’m satisfied with the result.The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters or M45, is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most easy to see to the naked eye. It is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through.
The Pleiades (also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters) are a group of stars in the night sky. You can see them in the constellation called Taurus. An astronomer named Charles Messier gave it the name M45. They are named after the Pleiades in Greek mythology.
The cluster contains hundreds of…
APOD - M45
