This is my favourite open star cluster. Its substantial size makes it easy to observe through binoculars or a low-power telescope set-up, and its sparkling, blue-white stars fill me with joy whenever I find an opportunity to view them. In the words of the Victorian poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies, dangled on a silver braid.
Telescope: Stellarvue SVR-90 Raptor with 0.8 focal reducer (f/5.6, focal length 504 mm)
Mount: ZWO AM5
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Guide Scope and Camera: Celestron 9 x 50 guide scope and ZWO ASI120MM camera.
Filters: 2” Optolong L-Pro screwed into the Stellarvue reducer.
Controller: ASIAIR Plus
Sub-Images: Of about 9½ hours, about 3½ hours used.
Software: Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, PhotoShop.
Dates: September 25, 2022, October 5, 2022, and September 15, 20, and 21, 2023. Only about ½ of the 2023 ones used to produce the image.