M45 - Pleiades - Seestar Framing Mode (Mosaic) - Explored 29th December 2024

            M45, The Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, is an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. It is about 444 light years from Earth, and is among one of the nearest star clusters. It is also the closest Messier object to Earth, and is the most obvious cluster to the naked eye in the night sky.

The cluster includes hot blue luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Reflection nebulae around the brightest stars is likely to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium through which the stars are currently passing.

This image was taken using the ASI Seestar S50 from a very dark location, farming plains to the north of Bendigo, Victoria on a moonless night.  We had been out birding during the day and as we arrived rather late back into Bendigo, our options for food were very limited so we decided on a quick Macca's meal. After we finished our succulent meal, we noticed that the clouds had cleared, revealing a very clear moonless night.  We decided to head back out to the flat farming plains we noticed on our way back from the birds.  We arrived about 11.00pm, and after setting the Seestar up, which only took a few minutes, it was too late to do Andromeda as it was now on the horizon.  I tried for the California Nebula, as I usually can't image it from Melbourne, but couldn't really frame it.  We decided to do M45 (Pleiades) and test out the new "Framing" - mosaic mode in the latest firmware/software update of the Seestar.  After framing it up and starting the image run, we let it image for about 1 hour, but as we were out in the middle of nowhere, and we could hear dogs start barking from a distant farm house, as well as see people moving about by torchlight in another paddock, we decided to pack up without finishing the session.  It was starting to get a little creepy.  We ended up with only 23 minutes of images, and this is the result.  Looking forward to trying it again when the conditions are right.   

Stacked in Seestar and processed using PixInsight.

Equipment Used:
SeeStar S50
Inbuilt IR Cut Filter

Exposure Details:
137 x 10 second exposures stiched in the Seestar using inbuilt framing mode.

Total Integration Time: 23 Minutes

Taken on: December 29, 2024

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