The Diamond Cluster NGC 2516 below the star Avior, or Epsilon Carinae, the bottom star of the False Cross. The cluster is a bright naked eye cluster. This is a stack of 4 x 2-minute exposures with the 200mm lens at f/2.8 and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 2500. Tracked on the AP400 mount.
NGC 2516, the naked eye open cluster at the foot of the False Cross in Carina. Sometimes called the Southern Beehive. Field is oriented along the Milky Way so north is to the right here. Bright star is Avior, or Epsilon Carinae. Taken from Chile this is a stack of 5 x 2 minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 135mm lens and Canon 7D at ISO 1250.
NGC 2516 in Carina (False Cross Cluster). Taken with 4-inch AP Traveler scope at f/4.5 with Canon 20Da camera, for stack of 4 x 3 minute exposures at ISO 800, March 26, 2007, from Coonabarabran, NSW.
