Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M45
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The Pleiades
Object: M45
The Pleiades
Open Cluster
 Const.: Taurus
Camera: STL11000M Scope: Tele Vue NP101is Mount: Losmandy
Titan
Filter(s): L:R:G:B Exposure: 5x8m:4x8m:4x8m:4x8m blank
M45 - The Pleiades Cluster in Taurus. This image is a composite of a stack of 5 eight-minute luminance exposures and stacks of 4 eight-minute color exposures taken through red, green and blue filters using an STL11000M CCD camera on a Tele Vue NP101is 4" f/5.4 refractor. The color channels were balanced using AIP4WIN's Color Calculator using G2V star calibration. The final image was composited using the G2V color balance. This image has been cropped and resampled down from its original size of 4008x2672.
 
M45
Object: M45
The Pleiades - Open Cluster
 Const.: Taurus
Camera: SXV-H9 Scope: Tele Vue NP-101 Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): L:R:G:B Exposure: 32x60s:16x60s:16x60s:16x60s TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
M45, an open cluster in Taurus also known as The Pleiades. This image was created from a stack of 32 sixty second unfiltered exposures and stacks of 16 sixty second expsosures shot through red, green and blue filters. The images were acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a 4" f/5.4 TeleVue NP-101 refractor equipped with a 0.8x focal reducer. The image was calibrated, defect corrected and stacked, and automatically color balanced using AIP4WIN. It has been resampled down from its original size of 1379 x 1024.
 
M45
Object: M45
The Pleiades - Open Cluster
 Const.: Taurus
Camera: SXV-H9 Scope: TeleVue Genesis SDF Mount: Losmandy G-11
Filter(s): none Exposure: 32x15s TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
M45, an open cluster in Taurus also known as The Pleiades. This image is a stack of 32 fifteen second exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a 4" f/5.4 TeleVue Genesis SDF refractor equipped with a 0.8x focal reducer. The image was calibrated, defect corrected and stacked, and a Gaussian Histogram Shaping was applied using AIP4WIN. It has been resampled down from its original size of 1392 x 1040.