M48 in Hydra 25th March 2020 @ 20:15 UT
A bright star cluster - many bright stars spread across the field.
Image: 15 seconds x 114 frames (1710 seconds total), gain 6584, bin 2x2, Raw 14, black level 99, camera temperature 9.6 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: M 48 is 2,500 light years distant.
Charles Messier discovered M 48 in 1771.