M45 Pleiades Cluster

This is the first official image out of my observatory!

Image Details:

• Imaging Scope: AstroTelescopes 80mm ED Refractor
• Imaging Camera: Nikon D7000
• Guiding Scope: William Optics 66mm Petzval Refractor
• Guiding Camera: Orion Starshoot Autoguider
• Light Frames: 17*8 minutes @ ISO800
• Flat Frames: 40
• Bias Frames: 40
• Dark Frames: 7
• Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
• Final single image processed in Photomatix Pro
• Tweaked in Adobe Lightroom