Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  2 Gem  ·  3 Gem  ·  4 Gem  ·  5 Gem  ·  M 35  ·  NGC 2158  ·  NGC 2168  ·  The star 3Gem  ·  The star 5Gem
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Effortless Star Cluster, astropical
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Effortless Star Cluster

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Effortless Star Cluster, astropical
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Effortless Star Cluster

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This is a stack of only 25 JPEG frames. The small number of frames is due to clouds while the JPEG format is due to a fool (me). Anyway, this showcases that clusters can be imaged with little effort. Dithered with digiCamControl/PHD2 over WiFi. Preprocessed in APP trial, fine-tuned in Photoshop, no calibration frames whatsoever.

Multi-star guiding in PHD2 is awesome. If clouds hadn't forced me to reset PHD several times, the stars would be rounder. Never before encountered such a flat guiding curve.

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Effortless Star Cluster, astropical