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Object: M 45 Pleiades Star Cluster Constellation Taurus

Distance: 444 Light Years

Date Imaged: Feb 16-19, 2007

Date Image Processed: August 2019

Telescope: Takahashi TSA 102 with Takahashi Reducer

Focal Length: 590 mm

Camera: STT 8300M, FW8G-STT, Operating at -30 deg C sensor temperature

Resolution: 1.89 Arc-seconds / Pixel

Exposures: 16.7 hours total duration

41 Luminance - 2 Minute Images binned 1x1

27 Luminance - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

14 Red - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

4 Green - 10 Minute Images binned 1x1

14 Blue - 5 Minute Images binned 1x1

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