🌌 Object Information

• Name/Designation: Pleiades (Messier 45)

• Object Type: Reflection Nebula / Open Star Cluster

• Constellation: Taurus

• Distance from Earth: ~444 light-years

• Apparent Magnitude: ~1.6

• Angular Size: ~1.8°

📅 Imaging Info

• Date: December 15, 2022

• Location: Athens, Greece

• Frames: 96 × 60″ exposures (1h 46m)

• Camera Settings: Gain 101 | Temperature: 0°C

• Bortle Scale: 8/9 (City sky)

🔭 Equipment & Guiding

• Imaging Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer 130PDS

• Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro

• Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ5 Pro

• Filter: Baader UV/IR Cut Luminance 2″

• Accessory: Baader 2″ MPCC Mark III Newton Coma Corrector

• Guide Scope: Artesky 32mm Mini Guide Scope

• Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini

🛠️ Software

• Astro Photography Tool (APT)

• PHD2 Guiding

• PixInsight

• BlurXTerminator

• NoiseXTerminator

• StarXTerminator