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M45 (Pleiades - Merope Nebula)
Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Taurus
  • Location: RA: 03h 46m 19s Dec: 23d 52m 00s Epoch 2000
  • Type: Reflection Nebula
  • AKA: ngc1435, Cedarblad 19I
Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Film:
Fuji Provia 400 35mm Slide Film (unhypered)
Exposure:
60 minutes
Camera:
Nikon F4 (with DW21 6x finder and type M focusing screen)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Custom camera/guider/telescope adapters made by PreciseParts.
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
9/25/03
Post Processing:
Photographic Grain smoothed with Alex Mellinger's bgsmooth program.