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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

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