M45- The Pleiades in the Constellation Taurus

Photo:             M45 in Taurus Camera:         Pentax Spotmatic 35mm SLR Lens:              Pentax 300mm @ f/8.0 Film:               Kodak Supra 400 Exposure:      2X40 Guiding:         ST-4 Mount:           Piggy backed on a Meade LX200 Date:              October 25,2003 Site:                Tierra Del Sol, Ca. (SDAA club site) Seeing:            4 Trans:             8 Scanning:        Minolta Diamage ScanDual III 2810dpi 16bit Processing:     Color balance, levels, and curves adjusted in Adobe Photoshop 7.0                          Noise reduction with BGsmooth Notes:             A Santa Ana condition brought on very windy weather. Not a good thing for a 12"Meade SCT mounted on a Super Wedge!