Praesepe (The Beehive) - M44

Posted: May 2nd, 2020

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Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 130/650 PDS

Camera: Canon 550 D

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ3-2

Guide Scope: No guide

Software: DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PhotoShop

Accessories: Sky-Watcher F5 Coma Corrector 2"

Exposure:

169 x 15" ISO/Gain: 1600

Red zoneLight Pollution:

Kharkiv, Ukraine

42 m

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One of the brightest spring objects is the open cluster M44, the Beehive Cluster.
Captured in spring 2017 from a balcony in Kharkiv, a red zone of light pollution.

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