Messier 48, open star cluster in Hydra This is a stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII and Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor, shot from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 2012.
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.
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.