Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  M 50  ·  NGC 2316  ·  NGC 2323
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M50 an Open Cluster in Monoceros, RonAdams

M50 an Open Cluster in Monoceros

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M50 an Open Cluster in Monoceros, RonAdams

M50 an Open Cluster in Monoceros

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Tonight I searched around for several different objects but I would take a test image and

could not see the object in the image. I really didn't want to waste the only clear night I've

had in a while taking a lot of images not knowing for sure if the object was in the image.

Finally after wasting a lot of time I decided that I would image M50 because I've never imaged

that cluster before. There was a large crescent Moon up that was causing problems with

seeing and where M50 was located was about as far away from the Moon as I could get. I also

figured that the open cluster would be less affected by the Moon light. Please enjoy my first

image of M50.

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M50 an Open Cluster in Monoceros, RonAdams