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Moon and M44 Beehive cluster conjuction!, Davide Mascoli

Moon and M44 Beehive cluster conjuction!

Moon and M44 Beehive cluster conjuction!, Davide Mascoli

Moon and M44 Beehive cluster conjuction!

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Conjunction - Moon and M44 Beehive cluster close together in the sky!

27.5.2020 - 8pm (UT).

For the photo I did first some attempts in order to find a good exposure for both! (from home, Certosa di Pavia, Italy, class scale Bortle 5).

Combination of one 30 sec @100ISO photo on the Moon and around 15 minutes of total integration on M44 (19x 30sec + 5x 60sec @100ISO).

I also used light frames and dark frames to calibrate 30sec and 60sec exposure photos respectively for M44.

Then combined all with Deep Sky Stacker + Adobe Photoshop CS6!

In the final combination I kept the Moon in the position as derived from the first 30sec exposure photo. All it has been in my reflex camera field-of-view of around 2 degrees.

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Moon and M44 Beehive cluster conjuction!, Davide Mascoli