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Starscape Imaging

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY BY  JON TALBOT

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M44

About this Object
This famous cluster, Messier 44 (M44, NGC 2632), is also called Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), or the Beehive cluster. It is also one of the objects easily visible to the naked eye, and thus known since prehistoric times. M44 lies some 570 light years distant in the constellation Cancer.

• Optics : Stellarvue SV105 Triplet Refracter with the Stellarvue field flattener
  
• Mount: Mountain Instruments MI-250
  
• Camera: SBIG STL 11K subframed to 2672X2672
  
• Filters: Standard SBIG color filters
  
• Exposure: 30:30:30
  
• Camera/Mount Control: Maxim DL 4.56, CCD Commander
  
• Location: Stark Bayou Observatory, Ocean Springs, MS
  
• Date: Feb 09
  

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