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kopfgeist79 — Pleiades open cluster
Published: 2008-02-05 22:51:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 4493; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 0
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This is an open star cluster, called The Pleiades. Its scientific name is Messier 45. It lies in the constellation of Taurus. The Pleiades can be seen with unaided eye as a fuzzy ball in the sky. Take a bino and count the stars. With naked eye you can count up to seven stars,so they are called the seven sisters, based in the greek mythology.An EOS 20D fixed on a 8 inch telescope was used for this picture. The total exposure time was 90 minutes.
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Do you know that when I was young I could stare at the southern sky and after a while I could count about 18 stars.. these days I can just make out an indistinct blue but I can still find them in the sky. Beautiful shot.
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wow..I just love it!!
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Those are my favorite Sisters!
Look at my gallery, I even tried to recreate that scene.
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It looks like you had wonderful conditions for this exposure. Nicely done.
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Wow, nice! You even got some of the reflection nebulae, there! Wonderful photography.
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I can see it very faintly at night. I saw it ones through a telescope. I LOVE this picture
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thank you
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in this pic, the stars might look very bright, but to naked eye, it is impossible to see the stars between the very bright ones.
for such an image, absolutely dark sky is needed. during the exposure time of app. 90 minutes, there mustn't be absolutely any motion. the telescope must be fixed on a stable mount.
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That... that is TOTALLY unreal...! How could you possibly take a photo of that...? it's so amazing...
GREAT job!!
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thank you
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WOW wow amazing. That's awesome that you could take this pic. It's wonderful
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oh wow that is so pretty. ^_^ how did you get this picture?
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