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M44 Beehive (SS 94mm EOS Ra).jpg

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Messier (M) 44, aka the Beehive Cluster or the Praesepe, in Cancer, shot on a night with high thin haze, adding the star glows. The cluster is framed to include its flanking stars Asellus Borealis (Gamma Cancri) at top and Asellus Australis (Delta Cancri) at bottom. North is up. Several tiny 15th magnitude galaxies are in the field, despite the less than ideal sky conditions.

This is a stack of 19 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon EOS Ra, and through the SharpStar 94mm EDPH api refractor and its reducer/flattener at f/4.5.
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Messier (M) 44, aka the Beehive Cluster or the Praesepe, in Cancer, shot on a night with high thin haze, adding the star glows. The cluster is framed to include its flanking stars Asellus Borealis (Gamma Cancri) at top and Asellus Australis (Delta Cancri) at bottom. North is up. Several tiny 15th magnitude galaxies are in the field, despite the less than ideal sky conditions.<br /> <br /> This is a stack of 19 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon EOS Ra, and through the SharpStar 94mm EDPH api refractor and its reducer/flattener at f/4.5.