M45 with SGP

During the recent new Moon period, I setup three targets in my SGP sequence file. The third target was M45. It was always my third image of the night with subs being captured between 4AM and 6AM. Over four consecutive nights, SGP ran unattended and processed through all three targets performing all needed meridian flips, scope centering, rotator positioning, auto focusing, etc. The 4AM to 6AM time slot was always a period of high humidity but M45 came out nicely:

This is RGB only; 10 minute subs, binned 2x2 (QSI683). There is a larger version of the image here:

Pleiades

Charlie

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