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Les Pléiades

An open cluster of more than a thousand stars, 445 light-years away in Taurus.

Les Pléiades, M45, longest exposure 1h
M45 · Les Pléiades 1h · DwarfLab DWARF 3

It can be seen with the naked eye without difficulty under a decent sky. The brightest stars register in a few seconds. The blue nebulosity wrapped around them is much fainter: it is dust reflecting their light. Here, exposure time is not there to see the object, which is already there, but to bring out what surrounds it. And a narrowband filter is of no use at all.

Source: NASA, catalogue Messier de Hubble, Messier 45. A figure wrong? Report it.

1h 1 shot

0 towards 22h 12m · cumulative integration on this object

Temps d'intégration : the total exposure time, the sum of every exposure stacked on an object.

Designation
M45
Family
Cluster
Constellation
Taurus
Shots taken
1
Cumulative integration
1h
Filter
Astro
Place of capture
45.7° N 3.0° E
Instrument
DwarfLab DWARF 3

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