Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  38 Cnc  ·  39 Cnc  ·  40 Cnc  ·  41 eps Cnc  ·  42 Cnc  ·  Beehive  ·  Beehive cluster  ·  IC 2388  ·  IC 2390  ·  M 44  ·  NGC 2624  ·  NGC 2625  ·  NGC 2632  ·  NGC 2637  ·  NGC 2643  ·  NGC 2647  ·  Praesepe  ·  Praesepe Cluster
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M44 Beehive Cluster Mosaic - Cancer, Michael Broyles
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M44 Beehive Cluster Mosaic - Cancer

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M44 Beehive Cluster Mosaic - Cancer, Michael Broyles
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M44 Beehive Cluster Mosaic - Cancer

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Since the Beehive Cluster is much larger than my current FOV I decided to try doing a mosaic using Pixinsight.  It turned out fairly good but believe that better results could be obtained if I wasn't dealing with excessive gradients caused by Bortle 7 skies from my backyard.  But live and learn, right.

This is a 4 Panel mosaic taken over two nights with about 45 minutes of data for each panel.

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M44 Beehive Cluster Mosaic - Cancer, Michael Broyles