| M45 | Pleiades |
| Open Cluster | Taurus |
| Magnitude 1.5 | Diameter 2 degrees |
| 11/01/2003 |
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| Charlotte | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 6 minutes 34 seconds |
| Stack of 6 pictures (39s + 71s + 74s + 71s + 67s + 72s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the light pollution and the slight shift to red. |
| 11/22/2003 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 8 minutes 46 seconds |
| Stack of 4 pictures (130s + 134s + 132s + 130s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the background light. |
| 12/20/2003 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 24 minutes 12 seconds |
| Stack of 7 pictures (262s + 206s + 247s + 182s + 191s + 230s + 134s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to correct the color balance and make the nebula stand out clearly. The temperature was below freezing (no noise with the camera), with some light gusts of wind. |
| 10/07/2004 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 40 minutes |
| Stack of 10 pictures (240s each) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to correct the color balance and make the nebula stand out clearly. No wind, clear sky not totally transparent, temperature around 45 degrees. |
| 02/04/2005 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 200mm | 4x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon 20D | 800 ISO | 20 minutes |
| Stack of 4 pictures (300s each) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to correct the color balance and make the nebula stand out clearly. |
| 11/02/2005 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/3.3 |
| 530mm | 11x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon 20D | 1600 ISO | 45 minutes |
| Stack of 15 pictures (180s each) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to correct the color balance and make the nebula stand out clearly. No wind, clear sky, temperature around 50 degrees. |
| 11/24/2006 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/3.3 |
| 530mm | 12x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon 20Da | 1600 ISO | 1 hour |
| Stack of 20 pictures (180s each) calibrated, aligned and stacked with ImagePlus. Carefuly processed with Photoshop. No wind, clear sky, temperature at 44 degrees. |
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