M 45 (Tau) - open cluster with a reflective nebula (Pleiades)
Date: 28.12.2008
Equipment: SW 80/600 ED PRO + Vixen 0,67x., CG5 GOTO ADV mount
Camera: Modif. Canon EOS 350D (Baader ACF)
Exposure: 13x480 sec, ISO 1600
Location: Havlíčkův Brod - Chrast
Processing: Adobe DNG Converter, SubRaw, DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
Description: At a distance of about 440 light-years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth.

M 45 Pleiades (Tau) - open cluster with a reflective nebula
Date: 28.11.2007
Equipment: Tair 4,5/300, GSO mount
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Exposure: 4x300+1x480 sec, ISO 800
Location: Havlíčkův Brod - Chrast
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop
Description: The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years.