Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  41 Cnc)  ·  Almalaf (ε Cnc  ·  Beehive  ·  M 44  ·  NGC 2632  ·  Praesepe Cluster  ·  The star 38 Cnc  ·  The star 39 Cnc  ·  The star 40 Cnc  ·  The star Meleph
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M44, Beehive Cluster, Jeroen Boumans
M44, Beehive Cluster
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M44, Beehive Cluster

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M44, Beehive Cluster, Jeroen Boumans
M44, Beehive Cluster
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M44, Beehive Cluster

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This is the Beehive Cluster, also known as M44, is an open star cluster which is a cluster build of a minimum amount of stars. Its distance to earth is about 610 light years. Just a quick test after rebuilding my HEQ5 Pro mount and finally fixing auto guiding!

Process involved WBPP (mono), DynamicBackgroundExtraction, ChannelCombination on RGB, ColorCalibration, BackgroundNeutralization, HistogramTransformation, NoiseXTerminator, CurvesTransformation, ImageSolver, AnnotateImage

Setup contains ASI533mm Pro, RedCat 51, HEQ5 Pro, ASI120mm S (for auto-guiding) and ASIAir ✨

🔭 Clear skies everyone!

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M44, Beehive Cluster, Jeroen Boumans