http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/tags/m45/ en Emmanuele Sordini Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:33:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2008/10/28/1225204680000.html <div align="center"> <div align="left"> </div> <div align="center"><img alt="" src="/images/m31_m45/M31-m45.jpg" /></div> </div> <br /> <div align="justify"> The last weekend of September, I took part in the first edition of the <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1225204988530*/">Caprauna Star Party</a>, which took place in the Ligurian Alps, the initial stretch of the Alpine range which is also the lowest and closest to the seaside. <br /> <br /> The nice venue and the top-notch organization of the star party more than made up for the not so exceptional weather. As for my &ldquo;imaging loot&rdquo;, since I had joined in at the very last moment, I hadn&rsquo;t had enough time to better plan my session, so I improvised and went with two deep-sky classics: M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy) and M45 (the Pleiades Cluster). Click on the link below for more details and high-resolution pictures!<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"></span></div><p><a href="http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2008/10/28/1225204680000.html">Read more...</a></p> Astronomy http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2008/10/28/1225204680000.html#comments http://www.bloomingstars.com:80/2008/10/28/1225204680000.html Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:38:00 GMT