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Object: The Pleiades, M45
Date: 12/10/2005
Site: Palo Alto, CA
Condition: Clear sky, with quarter moon - about 4th mag, 42 to 37 °F
Optics:

R200SS with Baader/Celestron coma corrector
auto guiding with ED80/G11/ST4

Filters: none
Camera: Nikon D50, NR off
Exposure/ISO: 11 exposures (total 35 minutes) @ ISO 400, plus
4 exposures (total 13 minutes) @ ISO 800
Processing:

Photoshop: LFF subtraction, stacked in KIS 4.2, levels

Comments: The sky was not dark enough to show the faint nebulosity. Otherwise, it was perfect for the Christmas season.