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M44 The Beehive Cluster, Barry Wilson
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M44 The Beehive Cluster

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M44 The Beehive Cluster

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A beautiful open cluster with arresting star colour. An RGB treatment preserving as much colour as possible.

This was imaged between 17 and 22 December 2017 from our remote installation in Extremadura in Spain.

Data acquisition: Steve Milne & Barry Wilson

Processing: Barry Wilson

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M44 The Beehive Cluster, Barry Wilson

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