M44 in Cancer 22nd March 2020 @ 21:37 UT
The Beehive cluster is far too big for my field of view. Better viewed through the finder but here is the central part of M44.
Image: 15 seconds x 18 frames (270seconds total), gain 6584, bin 2x2, Raw 14, black level 99, camera temperature 10 deg C, 1 dark. Stacked in SharpCap Pro 3.2.6248.0. The image was stacked and adjusted in SharpCap. The image was scaled down and cropped in GIMP.
Equipment: Celestron CPC-800 at F5.9, Alt-Az mount, Altair Astro Hypercam 294C Pro Cooled (fan), Celestron Focuser, CPWI controlled remotely via Microsoft RDP and ASCOM.
Astrometry: M44 610 light years distant, mag 3
Charles Messier discovered M 67 in 1780.
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