Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  M 50  ·  NGC 2313  ·  NGC 2316  ·  NGC 2323  ·  VdB87
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M50, Kurt Zeppetello
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Messier 50 (a.k.a. M50, the Heart-Shaped Cluster, and NGC 2323) is an open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster lies at an approximate distance of 3,200 light years from Earth. M50 (NGC 2323) occupies an area about half the size of the full Moon and can be found 9.5 degrees north-northeast of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky (source: Messier Objects).

I was able to get this image a couple days ago when the weather finally broke. I only was able to get 23 minutes of usable data but it was enough. This is my first image taken after I purchased an Orion 0.8 Focal Reducer for Refractors. The focal reducer effectively makes it a faster scope by reducing the focal length from 600 mm to 480 mm giving a larger field of view and lowering the f-stop from f/7.5 to f/6. This also represents my 54th Messier object captured with my system.

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