First time imaging the Pleiades. I'm discovering the joys (not) of imaging with a DSLR in warmer weather. I miss the cold!
Didn't get as much time as I would normally like on this object, primarily due to my body demanding sleep. I had to wait until the moon set at about 11pm before I could even start imaging. Need a lot more data on this to bring out all that faint dust. I messed up the framing of the cluster and as a result I may have missed one or two of the stars. It's a tight fit in my telescopes field of view. Tracking/polar allignment could also have been a bit better. On the plus side I have been trying to fix my double diffraction spike problem lately and I think I have finally sorted out the issue. Still needs a minor adjustement or two but it is much better than what it has been.
Critique very welcome.
Cheers
Greg
31/10/2011
Canon EOS 1000D
Baader Coma Corrector
10 inch (25cm) F/4 Newtonian Reflector Telescope
NEQ6 PRO Computerised Goto Mount
Orion 80mm ShortTube Guide Scope
Synguider Autoguider
16 X 5 minute exposures (1 hour 20 minutes total exposure time)
ISO 800
Dark Frames subtracted (15 X 5min)
Images stacked and alligned in Deep Sky Stacker
Final processing in Photoshop Elements 8.0
