The Messier Object 45 - The Pleiades

Taken thru my Orion Astroview 120ST, prime focus w/ Canon 300D, 10

two-second shots processed with DeepSkyStacker. Exposure

adjustments w/ PS2. Original colors.

Nice photo. How did you make the stars look like that? 6/6

I used an action in PS to adds the diffraction. There was some diffraction already on the selected stars. The PS action chose the stars based on brightness. The stars with diffraction happen to be the closer stars to us. The stars in the background are thousands of light years behind the foreground stars.

Interesting original presentation. Astrophotography, I have never committed to the level of have a telescope with good tracking, but I sure do appreciate the details that go into a good image. Well done.

Nicely done and I appreciate your comments on how it was accomplished.