This image has been captured with my ZWO ASI6200 full frame CMOS camera and Canon EF200mm lens providing for a 10 degree field of view. The Pleiades (M45) is located within the Taurus Molecular Cloud and this wide field allows for capturing a large extent of surrounding interstellar dust.
Data for this image were captured in Nov/Dec 2023. I had to do a lot of heavy lifting with these data with resulting gradients and chromatic noise, no doubt due to the low elevation of M45 at our latitudes and the crappy weather we were having at the end of last year. Nevertheless, it was worth persisting and it's now time to share the result. Feel free to drop in to Astrobin to review the image and read the full write up.
Link here to image post on Astrobin.
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Comments and critique welcome.
CS,
Rodney