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M45 — Pleiades · M45

M45, the Pleiades or Seven Sisters — a young open cluster ~444 light-years away in Taurus, its hot blue stars veiled in blue reflection nebulosity. Wide-field DSLR view.

The Pleiades open cluster (M45), bright blue stars wrapped in faint blue reflection nebulosity
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TargetM45
TypeCluster
RA03h 47m 24s
Dec+24° 07′ 00″
Captured2025-11-01
Integration30 s subs
Frames30 s subs
FiltersNone — DSLR broadband

Processing notes

Nikon D750 + Nikkor 55–300 mm (~280 mm) on the EQ5 Pro, 30 s subs. Stacked in Siril, then background-extracted and balanced to keep the blue reflection nebulosity.