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DSC_5642c Jupiter M44 & M67

Jupiter, M44 Beehive cluster towards the upper right & M67... the small fuzzy patch in the lower left.

 

2 sec. / ISO 6400 / 125mm / f5.6

80 light frames

15 each - dark, flat, bias

 

Shot with a Nikon D600 on a tripod without an equitorial mount from my driveway in light polluted Parma, Ohio.

Stacked and aligned using Deep Sky Stacker.

Processed in Photoshop CC and Camera Raw.

Spikes added using Star Spikes Pro 3.

 

From Wikipedia:

The Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189, is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other nearby clusters.

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Uploaded on April 19, 2015
Taken on April 17, 2015