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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

Deep Sky Utah, St. George, UT, USA

Date/Time of photo:

October 5, 2024, between 10 PM and Midnight MDT

Equipment:

F3.0 Planewave 512 mm Delta Rho Astrograph, Planewave L-500 mount, ZWO ASI6200MM Pro camera, Chroma LRGB filters, Pixinsight 1.8.9-3 processing software on an M1 MacBook Pro.

Description:

The Pleiades (Seven Sisters), aka M45, is currently naked eye visible with averted vision high in the Eastern sky -- a great target for binoculars or a small telescope. This close up image is from data collected remotely on iTelescope.net.

Website:

https://www.skyandtelescope.org/author/jgreif/