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• Object: Pleiades Star Cluster (M45) with faint reflection nebulosity (IC 353 and IC 1995)
• Distance: 380 light years
• Size: 11 light years
• Exposure: 78 minutes @ f/6.7
• Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF
• Mount: Astro-Physics 600E QMD, pier
• Guiding: SBIG ST-4 @ 700mm
• Camera: Pentax 67
• Film: Kodak PPF 400
• Location: Pearce, AZ
• Date: 13-Oct-01 02:00 PDT
• Conditions: transparency 8, seeing 4, LVM 7.0, 42° F, RH 40%
• Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Photoshop 6.0.1