M45 – The Pleiades

Broadband shot of M45.

Acquisition: 

Images: 120 and 240 second subs for a total integration of about 7 hours.

Bortle number: 7.

Equipment:

• Canon Rebel T2i (Modded).
• Canon Ef-S 55-250 IS II at 250mm.
• SV220 7nm filter (for narrowband images).
• SkyWatcher Star Adventurer GTi.
• SV295c guide camera.
• SV165 guide scope.
• MeLe Quieter 4C mini PC.
• Dew heater.
• iOptron tripod.
• Portable battery.

Processing:

Pixinsight: WBPP, BackgroundNeutralization, SCNR, GraXpert BE, SetiAstro ADBE, SetiAstro BlemishBlaster, GraXpert deconvolution, GarXpert Noise Reduction, StarNet2, HistogramTransformation, CurvesTransformation, ColourSaturation, HDRMultiscaleTransform, PixelMath, FastRotation, DynamicCrop, CanonBandingReduction.

Note: Not all process are used for every image.

GIMP: 

To add signature to signed images.

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