In the constellation Taurus, the Pleiades or Seven Sisters open star cluster, Messier M45.

Used 35mm Pentax K1000, Fuji super HQ 100 film, 50mm lens f/4.0 2 minute exposure piggybacked on 8" Konus K1793 mount.

Taken with Canon Digital Rebel at prime focus on Konus 8" scope. Orignal image taken in large format, 3072 x 2048 pixels then resized to 800 x 533 to save space on website. ISO set at 800, 60 second exposure.

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