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M44, George Cox
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M44

M44, George Cox
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M44

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First image of a star cluster. This was a nice large target for my cheap lens and minimal skill! Happy with this first result despite the difficulty with focusing this lens. I was surprised to see all the faint background galaxies that plate solving revealed. I hadn't noticed them at all before that.

I've been using painter's tape to stand in for a real focus lock on the lens. I focus, then carefully apply the tape, trying to move toward the lens with the sheet of tape as perpendicular as I can. It will just make me appreciate a proper focusing mechanism in the future.

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