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The Pleiades

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Released date: Jun 19, 1999
Revised date: Nov 5, 2003
Revised date: Dec 7, 2024


Brief Description   A vast open cluster in Taurus, "Subaru" in Japanese. The cluster is a group of about 120 baby stars, those of 6 or 7 can be detected only with naked eyes and dimmed blue nebula is surrounding the whole of cluster.

Photography Condition
Date & Time... Feb 10 2024, from 20:52 to 21:48 JST(+0900)
   Composed 8 images with 8min. exposed
Optical... TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
   with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
   Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial & SBIG STV star-tracker
CMOS Camera... ZWO ASI2600MC Pro (Cooled Temp.: -25°C)
   (Gain: 100, recorded in 16bit FITS)
Location... Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.




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