M45 - 3.12.2016 at 19.00 Helsinki Observation number 64322

Visibility IV / V

Tuomas Salo, Ursa (Helsinki)

I photographed the Pleiades from the Evening Sky balcony at about 7pm in early December. It stood out well even with the naked eye.

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Additional information

Observation target
- Deep space object
Designation
- M45
- Näyttävä
Constellation
- Taurus
Weather
- Kirkas pakkasilma.

Darkness
- Good
Seeing
- Good
Star clusters and asterisms
- Open cluster
  
  Open cluster is an irregular group of tens or hundreds of stars. It can be visible as separate stars or a bit fuzzy spot with small instrument.
  
  There is the open cluster M52 on the right edge of the image. The red emission nebula is the Bubble Nebula. Image Jyrki Grönroos.
  
  The open cluster M45 aka Pleyades. Image Juha Parvio.
  
  The pair of the open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884 aka the Double Cluster in Perseus. Image Lauri Kangas.
  
  M34 is also an open cluster in Perseus. Image Teppo Laitinen.
  
  The Wild Duck Cluster M11 is an exceptional dense open cluster. Image Jaakko Asikainen.
  
  The Ptolemy's Cluster M7 is located in a rich-star area of The Milky Way in Sagittarius. Image Toni Veikkolainen.

Technical information

The lens was a 400mm telephoto attached to a Nikon D5100 camera, mounted on a Newton mirror telescope screw attached to its backpack. Stand EQ5.

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M45 - 3.12.2016 at 19.00 Helsinki Observation number 64322