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M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen
M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen

M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe" AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield

Revision title: Fixing a color gradient

M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen
M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen

M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe" AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield

Revision title: Fixing a color gradient

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Description

Not much work to do for small telescope in the galaxy season, but I  got a couple of clear nights this weekend and a possibility to collect some photons at the end of the season so I took the opportunity to image Messier 44, The Beehive cluster in the constellation The  Cancer.
This beautiful, open cluster of stars lies in a distance of 610 lightyears from earth and contains around 1000 stars.
This cluster is described by Ptolemy and also observed by Galileo with a telescope

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  • M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen
    Original
  • M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen
    E
  • Final
    M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen
    F

E

Title: Cropped version

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F

Title: Fixing a color gradient

Description: Fixing a color gradient, adjusting star colors and adding a cropped version

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M44, NGC 2632, CR 189, "Praesepe"  AKA, "The Beehive cluster", widefield, Roy Hagen