| M45 (Pleiades) Taurus (Hyades) View of the Pleiades(open star cluster) upper-left and the head portion on Taurus to the right. The bright yellow star is Aldebaran shining at magnitude 0.87 in the Hyades Open Star Cluster. |
| Telescope / Lens | 100 f/2.8 Canon Camera Lens |
| Mount Type | Piggyback on Losmandy G11 |
| Camera | Canon F-1 with Bright Screen & Angle B magnifier |
| Filters | 112mm UV |
| Film | Kodak ED200 (Slide Film) #07 |
| Exposure | 14 minutes; manual guiding FS/78 |
| Processing | Push 1, Scanned - 4000 dpi, Photoshop |
| Date | September 7, 2001 |
| Location | Pine Mountain Observatory, next to 24" dome, 30 miles east of Bend, Oregon |
| Conditions | 6500' magnitude 6+ Skies; Clear, steady |