Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
15 Oct 2021
M45 The Pleiades
The Pleiades is an open cluster of middle-aged, hot 'B' type stars in the constellation of Taurus. It is around 440 ly from Earth. The nebulae around the brightest stars are likely to be an an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium through which the stars are currently passing.
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 |