Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  38 Cnc  ·  39 Cnc  ·  40 Cnc  ·  41 eps Cnc  ·  42 Cnc  ·  Beehive cluster  ·  Cancer  ·  HD72942  ·  HD72964  ·  HD73045  ·  HD73081  ·  HD73135  ·  HD73142  ·  HD73161  ·  HD73174  ·  HD73175  ·  HD73210  ·  HD73294  ·  HD73330  ·  HD73345  ·  HD73397  ·  HD73409  ·  HD73428  ·  HD73429  ·  HD73430  ·  HD73449  ·  HD73450  ·  HD73487  ·  HD73533  ·  HD73574  ·  And 48 more.
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M44 - the Beehive Cluster - Praesepe, Simon
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M44 - the Beehive Cluster - Praesepe

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I took 49 subs of this with my modified Canon DSLR, each being 3.5 minutes long at ISO 400, through my 3" Skywatcher triplet. I know I live in a very light polluted area, but I am amazed at the lack of nebulosity this number of subs picked up - and it was a pretty dark night relatively speaking too! Such is life...

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M44 - the Beehive Cluster - Praesepe, Simon