Southern Pleiades (IC2602)

Living in the southern latitudes in Australia (35d south) we are very lucky to have access to many fine clusters and objects which are circumpolar providing plenty of opportunity to grab some data.
This image is of the Southern Pleiades (IC2602) an open cluster in the constellation of Carina. It is comprised of many very hot blue/white stars which are very prominent in the image. In the left of the frame you can see another compact open cluster, Melotte 101.
Data was captured at my private observatory. Equipment: Tak TSA 120 @ F5.6, QSI683 CCD, Skywatcher EQ8 mount. Captured LRGB data for a total of 3.9 hours exposure. As much of this data was captured during a busy moon period, I took approximately 120 subs for each filter @ 30" per sub.

Copyright: Rodney Watters