Imaging telescopes or lenses: Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph
Imaging cameras: Canon 450D EOS 450D / Digital Rebel XSi
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-G
Dates:Dec. 19, 2015
Frames: 16x360"
Integration: 1.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 8.32 days
Avg. Moon phase: 59.87%
Astrometry.net job: 3642484
RA center: 8h 40' 25"
DEC center: +19° 39' 0"
Pixel scale: 1.331 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 65.900 degrees
Field radius: 0.900 degrees
Resolution: 4075x2666
Locations: Home (Front Yard), Jefferson City, MO, United States
Data source: Backyard
Messier 44, also known as the Beehive Cluster, is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the closest open clusters to Earth at approximately 550 light years away.
This image was captured from my home observatory at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
Details:
16 x 360s, ISO 800
43 darks, 55 flats, 300 bias
Equipment: Canon 450D, Orion 8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph @ 800mm, Baader MPCC Coma Corrector, Hutech LPS D1, Orion Atlas EQ-G
Processed in Pixinsight
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