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  • RA: 03:47
  • Dec: 24:07
  • Magnitude: 1.6
  • Distance: ~380-450 ly
  • Constellation:  Taurus
  • Scope: 8" SCT at f/6.3
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  One night clear with great seeing, the second good transparency with fog late.
  • Film: Kodak Royal Gold 400
  • Exposure:  2 x 45 minutes
  • Date:  11/10/2001 and 11/16/2001
Comments:  The first night was clear, great transparency and about 30 degrees.  The second night was unusually warm (low about 40) and fog rolled in later in the evening (about 0200).  This wonderful cluster was one that helped ignite my interest in astronomy at an early age.