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M44 - Beehive cluster, Elek-Zalán Benedek
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M44 - Beehive cluster

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M44 - Beehive cluster, Elek-Zalán Benedek
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M44 - Beehive cluster

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70% illumination of the moon was challenging. Originally I wanted to get a tad brighter background but the Moon caused some striped background noise which I couldn't handle properly.

There are many small galaxies on the photo, which I didn't expect based on the raw files.

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M44 - Beehive cluster, Elek-Zalán Benedek