NGC 1435 (IC 349, aka "Merope Nebula") Bright Nebula in Taurus
Center of field at approximately: RA 03 hours 46 minutes 24, Dec +23 degrees 49 minutes 47 seconds
Size: ~30'; Magnitude: --; Class: --
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 360 minutes (36 x 10 minute subs), 02/26/27/2008; seeing 2.6-4.5 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This is a view of the 'southern' part of M 45, the 'Pleiades'. The many bright stars in M 45 make the reflections and blooms interesting to process ... See here for a SEDS view of the entire M 45 open cluster and information on some of the many individually names objects in the entire M 45 'complex' |