Open cluster M48 in Hydra. This is a stack of 4 x 2 minute exposures in hazy skies with Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and Canon 135mm lens at f/2.5. Taken January 6, 2011. Field of view simulates binocular field.
M49, elliptical galaxy in Virgo. This is a stack of 4 x 10 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 60Da on the Astro-Physics 130mm apo refractor at f/6. Galaxy below M49 is NGC 4610, one at left is NGC 4492, and spiral at top is NGC 4488
Open cluster M50 in Monoceros. Small nebula at lower right is Van denBurgh 87. NGC 2316 is fuzzy spot at upper right. Red star at upper left is RY Mon. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12, 2010. This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 1600 with Canon 5D MkII camera on 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/5.8 with 6x7 field flattener.
