The nebulosity was shot over 8 nights collecting a total of 21 hours of LRGB data that was stacked to reveal the wispy dusty details that surround this famous star cluster.
On December 3rd, 2025, the moon passed in front of the pleiades and I overlayed the moon from that night onto the weeklong integration to produce a final image. The moon position and its dark shadow is accurate and registered to the star field for Dec 3rd, 2025: 8:40 PM CST.
150 images of the moon were used 50x each in R,G, and B to provide a noise free and color rich lunar image.
All images were taken with an Askar 103 Apo with 0.8x reducer and a ZWO 2600MM Pro with Astronomik LRGB filters from Starfront Observatories.
by NaveenRavindar
2 Comments
Like a sci fi scene. Great picture
Thanks for the collage