Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  M 41  ·  NGC 2287
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M41 The Little Beehive, Wes Smith
M41 The Little Beehive
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M41 The Little Beehive

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M41 The Little Beehive, Wes Smith
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M41 The Little Beehive

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Thanks to Christian Gow who got an extremely rare session of clear skies through the ongoing cloud apocalypse that is SE Queensland this summer  . Processed with the assistance  of a shared computer using PI!!A nice rendition of M41 Summer Cluster from the Southern Hemisphere!
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nfo here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_41
Visually through "Zamar" the 20" Dob ,the curves of stars are prominent and bright . I lovely example of am open cluster .

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M41 The Little Beehive, Wes Smith