By Arnav Singh | 2023-02-13
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On 02/12/2023 08:00 pm by David Hoskin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Messier 44 is a large, bright open star cluster that is located in the constellation Cancer. It is also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, which is Latin for "crib". The cluster consists of about 1,000 gravitationally-bound stars.
ZWO ASI183MC with Optolong L-Pro filter, William Optics RedCat 51 astrograph, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro
14 8-minute subs plus calibration frames were stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Post-processing used Siril, Photoshop with StarTools plug-in, and Microsoft Photo.
