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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:Celestron C11 Celestron
Imaging camera:40D Canon
Mount:CGEM Celestron
Guiding telescope or lens:80mm EON Orion
Focal reducer:6.3 reducer Celestron
Software:photoshop, Deep Sky Stacker, Noel's Tools, 5.00 Images Plus
Resolution: 831x542
Dates:Jan. 28, 2011
Frames: 15x60"
Integration: 0.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 24.15 days
Avg. Moon phase: 29.37%
Astrometry.net job: 571792
Locations: Leesburg home, Leesburg , Florida, United States
Messier 50 (also known as M 50 or NGC2323) is an open cluster in the constellation Monoceros. It was perhaps discovered by G. D. Cassini before 1711 and independently discovered by Charles Messier in 1772. M50 is at a distance of about 3,000 light-years away from Earth. It is described as a 'heart-shaped' figure. Open cluster M50 has an angular diameter of about 15x20' therefore corresponds to a linear extension of about 20 light-years, the central dense part being only about 10' or 10 light-years in diameter. There are several yellow giants in the cluster, and one red M giant south of center which corresponds to the glaring orange star I noticed right away.
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