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In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (Messier object 45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky.

Date: 12-01-2011 Scope: Stellarvue SV105-3SV Mount: Celestron CGEM Finder: Stellarvue F50M3 Focal Reducer: Stellarvue SFF7-3SV Filter: Baader Planetarium Moon & Skyglow Filter Camera: Canon T2i/550D unmodified Autoguide: Orion Starshoot + PHD Image Capture: Nebulosity 2 Exposures: 4 x 5min @ 1600 ISO Stacking: DeepSkyStacker Image Processing: Adobe Lightroom 3.5 64bit

OS: Windows 7 64bit
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Pleiades

Author Bob Familiar from Sudbury, MA, USA
Camera location42° 23′ 03.12″ N, 71° 24′ 34.66″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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42°23'3.124"N, 71°24'34.664"W

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