I think I’ve reached the end of usable data from Friday night. The first image acquired (and last to be processed) is the Seahorse Nebula, one of my favorites since childhood. I also took another crack at a Pleiades widefield. I recently published a shot of the Pleiades taken with my ASI533MC Pro, this one was taken with my 2600MC Pro which has a significantly larger format.
One thing I love about astrophotography is you don’t have to take anyone’s word about stuff like this. You can take a telescope and camera, or sometimes just a camera, and take a picture of your own.
The Seahorse Nebula aka Barnard 150 aka LDN 1082 is a dark molecular cloud in the constellation of Cepheus. We see it mainly by the light it blocks. This was taken with my 11″ SCT with Hyperstar @ f/1.9 and ASI533MC Pro camera with an Antlia Triband RGB Ultra light pollution filter.
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters or Messier 45 is an open star cluster in the constellation of Taurus. Fun Fact: The two closest star clusters to Earth are both in Taurus. The other is known as the Hyades which make the face of Taurus the Bull. The nebulosity seen here is not related to the Pleiades but lies between us and the star cluster. That nebulosity was my main target as it is dim and not always easy to capture. This was taken with my Samyang 135mm lens and ASI2600MC Pro camera using the same Antlia Triband RGB Ultra light pollution filter.
