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M44 - The Beehive Cluster
Open cluster in the constellation Cancer.  Around 600 light-years distant and 600 million years old.

M44 - The Beehive Cluster

Open cluster in the constellation Cancer. Around 600 light-years distant and 600 million years old.




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Filename:M44_20250220_RASA11_ASI2600MC_v2.JPG
Album name:27telp / Star Clusters
Location and Date:Sybaris Observatory, OCA Observation Site near Anza, California, 2/20/2025
Equipment:Imaging - Celestron RASA-11 scope, ZWO ASI2600MC one-shot-color camera, Optolong L-Pro filter; Mount - Astro-Physics 1200GTO; Guiding - Borg 50mm guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar camera
Settings:30 exposures @300 seconds, bin 1x1
Notes:Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding - PHD2; processing - PixInsight 1.9.3, Adobe Lightroom
Filesize:2010 KiB
Date added:Jul 10, 2025
Dimensions:2225 x 1690 pixels
Displayed:222 times
Color Space:sRGB
EXIF Offset:344
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:Open cluster in the constellation Cancer. Around 600 light-years distant and 600 million years old.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 14.2 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:M44 - The Beehive Cluster
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd © 2025
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