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    Tuesday, April 11, 2017

    Astronomy Adventure - The Beehive Cluster

    Messier 44, also known as the Beehive Cluster or the Praesepe, is an open cluster in the constellation of Cancer. Under dark skies, it can actually be seen as a blurry patch by the naked eye. This is the star cluster closest to us besides the Pleiades, another cluster easily seen by the naked eye under any conditions.


    Here are the technical details for those handful who might be interested:
    Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on, but clearly not perfectly polar aligned
    Magnification: ~25x
    Camera: iPhone6 using NightCapPro app; ISO 8000
    Processing: 4x10 sec. images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker; with darks; adjusted curves using GIMP

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