M45 taken by Simon Tan of Friendswood

Posted by Simon Tan on Nov 3, 2021

M45 taken by Simon Tan of Friendswood on 11/01/2021 with a ASI2600MC Pro camera through a FOT106, prime focus, FL 636mm, f6. Total exposure 110 minutes (11x600s). Trying to fully utilize X-Bar Ranch’s pristine dark sky to capture the nebula details within M45, used longer than usual exposure sub (10 minutes), even risking over saturating the bright stars. Processed in PixInsight and fina resized/touch up in GIMP. See other photos in ESP’s Astrophoto Heaven!...