[APML] The Seven Sisters - a new deep-sky image!

["Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi all -

Finally, a new deep-sky image.  Its been a while. :-)

I completed this image of M45 during the last week of December.  I had a
really clear night and managed to crank off four 50-minute exposures on
Provia 400F, pushed +1.  Getting the high S/N with a four image stack was a
must in my mag 6.2 skies to try and bring out the fainter nebulosity that
fills the region.

http://www.abmedia.com/astro/current/m45-fs102.html

The data really needed to be dug/caressed out, and in doing so, the original
super smooth raw blended image needed a touch of SGBNR at the very end.
I was pleased to discover that I recorded the fainter reddish/magenta
nebulosity that mixes in with the Merope Nebula.

Comments always welcome.

Chris

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Chris Cook
Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
www.abmedia.com/astro

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