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.
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.