Messier 44, the Beehive or Praesepe star cluster in Cancer, through the 105mm Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor with the Hotech field flattener for f/5.8 and in a stack of 11 x 4-minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 6D MkII camera. Taken on a slightly hazy night on March 25, 2019, thus the natural star glows – the cluster is not surrounded by nebulosity! However, the sky is clear enough that some of the very faint IC, UGC, and PGC galaxies in the field show up. Most are 15th to 17th magnitude. I’ve punched up the star colours with a star mask. Stars tightened with StarShrink filter. Diffraction spikes added in post with Astronomy Tools actions.
M45 Pleiades star cluster in Taurus and NGC 1499 California Nebula in Perseus Taken with 165mm telephoto lens at f/3.5 with Pentax 6x7 camera and Ektachrome E200 slide film. 18 minute exposure. Taken from home in October 2003. Glow layer added in Photoshop to add glows around stars.
M45 Pleiades in Taurus - with Canon 20Da and 135mm Canon L-series telephoto at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 400 (2 images c-added, 2 images averaged) - taken from home under ideal conditions Sept 30 2008. Field of view across short dimension of frame equals that of typical binoculars. Faint nebula above M45 is IC 353.
