Pleiades (M45) Mosaic - Four Frames of the Seven Sisters

Equipment: 12.5" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien (luminance) and Takahashi TOA-150 (color) on a Software Bisque Paramount ME

Exposure: 12.5 hours total

A four-frame mosaic covering Merope, Electra, Alcyone, and Maia, combining fresh luminance data with color data taken from a previous LRGB image of the cluster.

Taken remotely from Grapevine, Texas at the Conley Observatory, Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus (3RF) near Crowell, Texas. November 2017 (luminance) & November 2009 (color).