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M 44 Beehive Between the Winter Clouds (35 min RASA8), Brandon Tackett
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M 44 Beehive Between the Winter Clouds (35 min RASA8)

M 44 Beehive Between the Winter Clouds (35 min RASA8), Brandon Tackett
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M 44 Beehive Between the Winter Clouds (35 min RASA8)

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After NGC 2245 had set in Monoceros on  my first "clear night" this year, I turned scope to M 44 with clouds passing through. I was only able to keep 35 subs due to the clouds, but 35 min of integration with the RASA still stacks up (pardon the pun). I used Spectrophotometric Color Calibration and was pleased with the results both color and saturation. 

M 44 is a large open cluster in the constellation of Cancer. Noted to contain approximately 1000 stars and one of the closest clusters to ear at between 500-600 light years from Earth.  The tight inner cluster measures 23 light years across. There are also  plenty of small galaxies throughout the image even with such short integration time.

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M 44 Beehive Between the Winter Clouds (35 min RASA8), Brandon Tackett