Seven Sisters in a Dusty Veil

Image Description and Details :

Visible to the naked eye, the Seven Sisters, or the Pleiades, is one of the best known open clusters. The blue reflection nebula around it is a popular target for imagers. Very deep images, like this one, show the surrounding faint clouds and tendrils of dust as well as some red H(II) emission regions.

Acquisition, focusing, and control of Paramount MX mount (unguided) with TheSkyX. Focus with Optec DirectSync motor and controller. Automation with CCDCommander. Equipment control with PrimaLuce Labs Eagle 3 Pro computer. All pre-processing and processing in PixInsight. Acquired from my SkyShed in Guelph. Average transparency and average seeing. Data acquired December 6, 2020 – February 9, 2020 under a moonless sky.

Takahashi FSQ-106 ED IV @ f/5 and QHY367C Pro one-shot colour camera with Optolong UV/IR filter.

123 x 5m
Total: 10hr15m

Image scale 1.9 arcsec per pixel

Copyright: Ron Brecher