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Community photo entitled The Pleiades (7 Sisters) in Taurus 444 ly on avg away by Andy Dungan on 10/21/2025 at Near Cotopaxi, Colorado USA

The Pleiades (7 Sisters) in Taurus 444 ly on avg away

On 10/21/2025 01:00 am by Andy Dungan | Website | Near Cotopaxi, Colorado USA

The Pleiades is just plain and simple one of the most beautiful and people with simpler gear can photograph it relatively easily. As I said above I decided to show more of the surrounding dust in this version of the pic. This color of blue is just so wonderful!

ASI2600MC Pro g100, AskarV@384f4.8, 50 10min pics (8.3 hours) exposure +darks/biases/flats
AM5/ASIair+, EAF, Askar OAG with ASI174mini for guiding

PixInsight 100%. Because it is primarily blue and straightforward this was a relatively easy to develop. The big decision on this pic was whether or not to show how much dust is in Pleiades. I went for showing more dust because in reality it is there. Most people darken the background because the blue and black make such a contrast. Maybe I will do that the next time.