M33 a difficult target for a camera lens, M45 the Pleiades, and the M36-M38 field

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M33 a difficult target for a camera lens, M45 the Pleiades, and the M36-M38 field

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2am to 6pm, 2020-Aug-28. Clear skies!

M33 is way more difficult a target from the Bortle 8 town.

Disapointing! Nowhere comparable to the beauty of M31.

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Re: M33 a difficult target, M45 the Pleiades, and the M36-M38 field

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M45. The member stars are way too bright!

I wished for some image of the reflection nebula. And here it is!

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Auriga has a rich star field around M36-M38.

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It worths another dark sky session!
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Nice images, especially the nebula around M45. :)
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Re: M33 a difficult target for a camera lens, M45 the Pleiades, and the M36-M38 field

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Wow! Very nice work on M33, do you have an image on a single sub for comparison? At what time did you image it?
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Retouched image of M33.

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Stretched single image.

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