M45, The Pleiades in Taurus

 

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Exposure Data: 10/5,6/2002.  LRGB: 20x5m, 8x5m, 8x5m, 8x8m,  All 1x1. -15°C, 3.5 arc-sec./pixel.
 
Processing: Acquired via script with Maxim, reduced, Debloomer, hot/cold pixel processing in Maxim, aligned and combined in Mira, RGB combine in Maxim.  Curves, levels, in Photoshop.
 
Optical System: FSQ-106 @ F/5, ST-8E USB NABG/CFW-8A CCD camera, guided by eFinder/STV, Paramount ME mount.
 
Comments: The nebulosity really comes out in a deep exposure.