Wallpaper author:
Navin Singh
02 May 2021
The Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
One of the brightest (apparent) stellar clusters, I really wanted to show the natural beauty of the heavens since the #firstyearastro was announced by Mr. Sean Davis.
The image is very simple, just as one will see with his/her own eyes in a small telescope. No fancy Ha overlays, no false colours, no heavy stacking, just a single frame of R, G, B each, with the three making the charm. #firstyearastro
Taken on Dec 14, 2020. Composited on May 1, 2021.
Dataset from which the image was processed
M45
24 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 56.75 Dec 24.11667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................18 Nov 2019 - 06 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 218 | 4h33m | 75 |
| Red | 214 | 4h27m | 75 |
| Luminance | 488 | 10h2m | 74 |
| Blue | 234 | 4h48m | 74 |
| Halpha | 12 | 15m | 74 |