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Astrophotography from West Texas

West Texas Astro

M45 - The Pleides


  • Acquisition Details
    • Captured Date: November 2019
  • Location Information
    • Constellation: Taurus
    • Coordinates (RA,DA): 56.850,24.117
    • Distance: 444 Light-years
  • Catalogue Designations
    • Messier: 45
  • Equipment Used
    • Mount: HEQ5
    • Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 61
    • Main Camera: ASI071MC

The Pleiades also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. 1

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