Southern Pleiades (IC 2602) area south of Carina Nebula. Open cluster Mel 101 below IC 2602 and IC 2714 cluster at upper left. Taken from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, May 2011 with Canon 7D (unmodified) and 135mm Canon telephoto lens at f/2.8 for stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures at ISO 1250.
IC 2944 and IC 2948 Lambda Centauri area and clusters. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, March 15, 2007. With 77mm Borg astrograph at f/4.3 and Hutech-modified Canon 5D camera at ISO400 for stack of 6 x 10 minute exposures under warm +20° temps.
The large and sparse open cluster in Ophiuchus called IC 4665, an object easy in binoculars. The star at centre is Celbalrai or Beta Ophiuchi. The 7.5 x 5° field is close to a binocular field of view. This is a stack of 9 x 4-minute exposures with the SharpStar 61mm apo refractor at f/4.5 and with the Canon R6 at ISO 800. Taken from home October 1, 2021 on a slightly hazy night with the field into the southwest.
