Object: Pleiades MESSIER 45                     Constell: TAU

RA: 03h 46.2m           Decl: +23° 47'          Epoch: 2000
Mag:                    Size: 30'x30' (neb.)    Type: R

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 26./27.12.1992, 20.15

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 63x               Filter:
Field: 60'              NE Lim.mag: 6.2m
Background sky: 2       Seeing: 1 
Weather:                           

Brightness: 5 (Neb.)    Alt:    
Description: Merope nebula quite easy with averted vision.
Extends towards S from Merope. Seems to brighten a bit in the
S end (which is quite sharp unlike the very diffuse W edge)

The rings around stars show the 'optical glow area' of nearby
stars of similar brightness. 

Also the star NE of Merope was suspected to be nebulous.