Aligned/combined all files of each color set in AutostarSuite Image Processing software
Adjusted the size of stars in blue channel down to match those in other channels.<\li>
Imported data sets to Photoshop via FITS liberator.
Adjusted levels and Curves a bit.
Applied a mild version of Noel Carboni's "Space Noise Reduction" action.
This is a target I keep returning to. I've tried it with film, a DSI-Pro and now this DSI-Pro II. With the newest camera and a Pentax 135mm camera lens, I think I get the best composition. Now I have to figure out how to deal with the gradient on the left and the rings around the brightest stars. I also think I might go with longer exposures to see if I can get more of the nebula to show up.
Description: M45 Known pre-historically. Mentioned by Homer about 750 B.C. and by Hesiod about 700 B.C.
The Pleiades are among those objects which are known since the earliest times. At least 6 member stars are visible to the naked eye, while under moderate conditions this number increases to 9, and under clear dark skies jumps up to more than a dozen (Vehrenberg, in his Atlas of Deep Sky Splendors, mentions that in 1579, well before the invention of the telescope, astronomer Moestlin has correctly drawn 11 Pleiades stars, while Kepler quotes observations of up to 14).
