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Published: 2008-11-03 12:23:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 910; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 34
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I can't complain this Autumn. I've enjoyed some clear skies. I really thought this year was going to be totally clouded-out! lol! The seven sisters are a group of very young stars ( only 80 million years old) prominent in the winter sky. The blue reflection nebula around the stars is thought to be left over from the stars' formation. I'm quite surprised how much nebulosity my 80mm scope has picked up!Details:
Scopos 80mm f5
Canon 350D
28 x 200 sec exposures @ ISO 1600
Deepsky stacker and Photoshop, as usual!
Thanks !
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are we humans hardwired to love the stars...
I really dont know why...
whenever i happen to see an exquisitely starry sky on a dark night, i just fall down and watch the stars... long enough to see the colors of the stars and the faint blots due to the nebulae...
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Beautiful!
I finaly got a decent image of M45. I was so happy!
It looks like you have a similar fov as my SN-8. I cropped mine, there was some vignetting and coma.
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Thanks! oh great, I'll check it out
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Spectacular! I could stare at this for a while. What a nice shot of the Pleiades! It's amusing when some people ask, "Is that the Little Dipper?" Then I must show them where the Little (and Big) Dipper are in the sky & explain that the Dippers can be seen all year round. 
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Thanks a lot!! Yeah, it does look like a 'little dipper' lol! Winter is really goodfor long, dark and sharp skies, but it's a pain though with it being so cold!
ps. did you get my email ?
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Yes sir, I sure did!
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hmm, that's strange, i can't find it! 
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You did not get my e-mail?
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No, I got your email address, sent you an email but didn't get your reply
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I replied back to your e-mail! I suppose you did not recieve it after all. I shall try resending it again.
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hey !I've found the email!! 
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I replied back to yours as well.
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It's so wow ....I find it difficult to decide which are the other 2 out of the 7 sisters!
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Thanks a lot!! Yeah, it gets confusing lol!
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Thanks man! I'll look out for that one,thanks
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yeah, it's an easy one too! lol! No spendn g half the night looking for stuff lol!
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Such a beautiful shot!^^ I just did a lab on this cluster and I learned just how young they really are. It was so much fun to do.
I love the amount of nebulosity you have in this picture too. So pretty!!
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Thank you very much!
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We looked at all the stars in the cluster on a HR diagram and you can see how the main (7 sisters) are leaving the main sequence. They are bigger, use up their hydrogen faster, and leave main sequence faster.
It was a simple, almost worksheet, type of lab. Nothing really fun with it.
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only 80 million years old
Breathtaking. Really, your skills are soo amazing. This is probably my all time fav of your photos. I think I'm going to put this as my wallpaper.
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Oh thanks a lot!! You're very kind
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Thanks mate!
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I think you have spheric aberration, I don't know much about focal reducers, but they can do the trick. Can't you borrow one?
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Thanks mate! I don't know anyone else who has any astro equipment, so i'll just have to get buy one" I'll get some serious wide field views/pics then! And in theory, get twice the exposure time!!
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That's brilliant stuff. Very vivid. I'm going to try DeepSky stacker once i get my camera.. can't wait! Is it better than Registax?
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Thank you ! I only use registax for planetary and lunar imaging; ya know, avi's. I did try it with dslr images, but for some reason it can't process the files. I really recommend deepsky stacker, it's really good! Give me a shout if u need a hand with it mate!
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