Merope Nebula - Reflection
Nebula in the Pleiades - NGC 1435
A relatively short 5:1:1:2 minute
LRGB exposure with an STL-1301E CCD camera thru Kopernik's 20-inch F/8.1
Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain telescope working at about F/5. The field of
view is about 20x23 arc minutes.
Dreyer's description of NGC 1435
in his New General Catalog (NGC):
"Very faint, very large, diffused
(Merope Nebula)."
"More info to be added; please
check back soon."
- NGC 1435
- Constellation: Taurus (and the Pleiades)
- RA:
03h 46m 06.0s
- Dec: +23° 47' 00" Epoch
2000
- Classification: Reflection Nebula.
George Normandin, KAS
November 25th, 2007