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Pleiades-M45

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  1. pck0208 on

    Acquired in fall, 2024

    on three different nights under Bortle 2-3 skies

    Night 1: Wonder Valley, California

    Nights 2 and 3: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California

    Total 8 hours of integration.

    Each sub was 160 sec using

    Telescope: Redcat 51

    Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

    Mount: i-Optron Skyguider Pro

    Guidescope: ZWO 30mm F4

    Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini

    Acquisition Software: Astro Photography Tool and PHD2

    Processed with PixInsight.

    Calibrated and stacked with WBPP

    Ran DBE, SPCC, BXT, SXT.

    Then, histogram stretch on the starless image followed by Unsharp mask, NXT,

    star recombination and a final GHS and a tiny bit of NXT