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.
M52 and Bubble Nebula area with 5-inch AP apo at f/4.5 with telecompressor/field flattener and Canon 20Da camera. Stack of four 8-minute exposures. Taken from home Nov. 20, 2006 under very good conditions.