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Published: 2005-11-10 15:30:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 2572; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 248
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The Pleiades (m45) aka the seven sisters. The second time I've tried this little beaut, the first time the scope was running out of power and the stars trailed. Pleased with this one as the blue nebula shows well behind each star
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It's very nice - stunning photo. When I was a young child I always thought the Pleiades looked like a miniature Ursa Major!
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Thanks. I did it for my reply to you but I'll probably use it again! ^^
Sorry for the long delay in replying. I had an unusually busy time!
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Hello! Nice shot of the Pleiades!! I am planning on buying a new telescope with camera attachment capabilities. What telescope did you use and how is the camera? Thanks!
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Thanks!I have a HEQ5 pro mount, and a meade 127mm triplet refractor (A very nice recent buy)The cameras I use are a Canon 350D and modified Nikon D50.. If you some help about anything, just give me a shout
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Ah, the Pleiades. My favorite constellation. 
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Thanks very much! Yeah the pleiades is a nice constellation; kinda like a mini plough. My fave constellation is orion. Loads of treats around those stars
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My favorite place to visit for an extended vacation. I have relatives that lives on one of the planets in that region. The food there is just fantastic, along with the night views on their planet.
Very nice photo. How long was the exposure? What kind of setup did you have to do this?
ERwebb
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Wow, this is nice!! Reflection nebula *shiver* this is nothing for my H-alpha lightpollution killer - here you need a dark sky (or how dark was your sky?), never really tried this. Good job!
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Thanks man!!! I'm pleased with this but I wish I got a pic through my 300mm lens to get a wider field of view. I'd say on a scale of 1-10, 10 being middle of the desert. My light pollution level here is 5. I live on the corner of a village with street lights from the village and a shopping park one side and lots of fields on the other. Pics over the village are noticably more orange than over the fields. Thanks for the comment
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Hmm, I think a level of 5 on the quicksimon-scale is quite ok. I think I like this telescopic fov better than the fov at 300 mm but don't hesitate to use your 300 mm on this in the future
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Thanks man. I will try. I hope I can still have a go soon before it is gone for the summer
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Nice photo.
What was the exposure time/camera settings for this shot? Did you stack any images? I have a 350D myself and will be getting the proper hardware to use it in a prime focus setup with a 12" telescope, so I'm very interested.
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Hi and Thanks!!
For this I stacked approx 8, 60 -80 sec exposures all at iso800. 12" scope, I can't wait to see some pics, you must see some awesome things with that.
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Great shot! Just last night (well, early this morning really) I pointed the Pleiades out to one of my friends (he didn't really care 
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Thanks m8. Yeah I've got a few m8s like that. They need to get a grip!!
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Good one
You may cut to blue channel only, cause it's Pleiades dominant colour
The nebulosity would be better visible then.
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Thanks, blue channel? Do you mean in Photoshop?
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Could be.
Any program that allows You to extract single channel. Of course it would be B&W but I assure You, it will show more
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Nice! One of my favorite things to view in my scope. What kind of set up do you use?
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Thanks!!,I use an lxd55 8" f4 s newt. 350D prime focus. This set up gives me quite a wide field of view.
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Mine is a Orion 8" newt with a DSI imager. My tube is 1000mm so my FoV is really small. Though I am going to try a set up using a telextender placed over my 42mm lens to see if I can get some wide field shots. Tonight looks like I will have clear skies. The only thing I don't know is if I can get it in focus. Guess I will find out soon8)
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Cheers, and for the fave dude!!!
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lol! I wish I did, that would be my dream job. I've hardly been out with my scope lately to be honest. The last few pics are from a long session when the weather was unusually good one night (30th oct). i just haven't had much chance to sort the pics out and upload them
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Ahhhhh... I'd like to work at an observatory. The only problem would be that I have no clue how the coordinates of space work...
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