M45 - Pleiades - Seven Sisters

by Andrei Gusan

Objects in field: Barnard's Merope Nebula, Maia Nebula, Merope Nebula, M 45, NGC 1432, NGC 1435, IC 349, 11 Tau, 16 Tau, 17 Tau, 18 Tau, 19 q Tau, 20 Tau, 21 Tau, 22 Tau, 23 Tau, 24 Tau, 25 eta Tau, 26 Tau, 27 Tau, 28 Tau, Alcyone, Asterope, Atlas, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Pleione, Sterope II, Taygeta, The star 18Tau, The star Atlas (27Tau), The star Celaeno (16Tau), The star Electra (17Tau), The star Merope (23Tau), The star Pleione (28Tau), The star Sterope I (21Tau), The star Taygeta (19Tau), The star ηTau

Equipment: William Optics Redcat 51, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro

Integration: 6h 4m

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. It is among the star clusters nearest to Earth, it is the nearest Messier object to Earth, and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous stars that have…