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Open Cluster M47

The open cluster M47. 20x1 minute exposures taken prime focus through a Celestron C8NGT (8" Newtonian reflector, f5).

 

This image was taken through an insane amount of light-pollution - being so close to the horizon meant I was contending with both street lights, and the lights of a nearby school which lights up the Southern horizon. I'd be hard pressed to give this image a black background, but I've done the best I can!

 

Still getting to grips with deconvolution in Lynkeos, so there's still the problem of fringing around the stars.

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Uploaded on March 17, 2009
Taken on March 17, 2009