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Eyad Khailany
Outskirts of Erbil City, Iraq

11/11/2022
08:10 pm

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Equipment Details:

ES 102 CF Triplet
Stellarvue x0.8 reducer & Field flattener
AVX Mount
Canon D40 (astro modification)
Astronomik CLS filter
Astronomik OIII 6nm filter

Post-processing Details:

7 hours of collected dats during November 2020
Stacked in DSS Edited & Cropped in PixInsight
Re-processed with stellar and background enhancement in PixInsight on November 13, 2022

Image Details:

The Pleiades; M 45 (Merope Nebula); is one of the most popular star clusters among various cultures around the world. Each nation has a story to tell about it. In the Middle East it's known as the Seven sisters marking the naked eye visible main stars of the cluster that formed the shape of a tomb. The story goes that a good father of seven daughters who passed away and the tomb was carried by the daughters to his final burial.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!