The Seven Sisters (M45)
in Taurus

Éder Iván

The small reflection nebula IC 349 close to Merope (discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1891) is easily detectable in the unprocessed raw image (in 150% size).

Image details
- Instrument:
- TMB 130/780 apo refractor with field flattener
- Camera:
- Home-modified Canon EOS 350D
- Mount:
- SkyWatcher EQ6
- Guiding:
- 72/500 refractor, manual guiding
- Exposure time, filters:
- 20x5 min, ISO 800
- Location, date:
- Lovasberény (Hungary), 2006.09.25.
- Observing conditions:
- Transparency: 5/10, Seeing: 5/10, Temperature: +8°C
- Processing:
- Iris, Registar, Photoshop, Neat Image