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Mars and M44
Hi all,
Here are a couple of images of Mars and M44, the Beehive Cluster taken last night. The first one is 18 x 3 sec exposures taken with a tripod-mounted pentax K100D (70-300mm telephoto @ 210mm, f/5.6, 1600 iso) stacked in DSS. The area shown in this image just fits in the field of view of my 7x50 binoculars.
The second is 2 minutes (8x15 sec) worth of star trails put together using the Startrails program. The focus was just a fraction off for these trails, allowing the colours of the stars in M44 to be revealed nicely.
Mars will be within a degree of M44 for the next few nights, so it's worth a look if you have a pair of binoculars!
Cheers,
Stephen
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