Wallpaper author:
Neil Streeter
22 Dec 2021
The Pleiades
The Pleiades or seven sisters also known as Messier 45, is an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. Visible to the naked eye they can be found by following the line of three stars in Orions belt.
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 |