Pleiades Open Star Cluster - M45

Pleiades


Annotated Image

Pleiades

Technical Data

Acquisition site San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acquisition date 9-24-2016
11-5-2016
Instrument Newton GSO F4 200 with GPU coma corrector.
Mount Sky-Watcher NEQ6, managed by EQmod
Guide Off-Axis, with Lodestar camera
Camera Modified Canon 600D/T3i
No IR Filter (Full Spectrum mod, using Astronomik MC Clear)
Refrigerated (regulated temperature)
Camera sensor temperature 0°C (on-sensor measured and regulated)
Filter Astronomik Clip CLS CCD
Integration 45 x 5 minutes subframes - ISO 800
Total integration time: 3 hours 45 minutes
Calibration 49 flats, 400 bias, 84 darks.
Resolution 1.1 arcsec/pixel
787 mm actual focal, 4.2 um x 4.2 um pixels
Native size 5202 x 3465 pixels
Cropped size 5078 x 3351pixels
FOV 93' x 61'
Image center coordinates RA:03h 46min 22sec
Dec: +24° 08' 22"
Rotation: -169.9°
Process PixInsight 1.8