Astrophotos

• Location: Mount Pinos, CA
• Date: April 13, 2002
• Subject: M44, the Beehive Cluster in Cancer
• Exposure: 2, 30 min. shots stacked and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop
• Telescope: Megrez 80mm refractor @ f/5
• Mount: Losmandy GM-8
• Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
• Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
• Comments: A very bright cluster in the heart of the constellation Cancer. This cluster is easily seen with the naked eye even in a small city. In a telescope it can be difficult to know where the edge of the cluster is.