The Tau Canis Majoris cluster, NGC 2362, in Canis Major. Loose cluster at lower right is NGC 2354. This is a stack of 4 x 8 minute exposures at ISO 1000 with the Canon 5D MkII and Astro-Physics Traveler 105mm apo refractor at f/5.8 with the 6x7 field flattener. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, Australia, December 18/19, 2012.
Open cluster pair of NGC 2451 (right), a bright loose cluster, and NGC 2477 (left), a fainter but very rich open cluster. The field is also filled with faint emission nebulosity. Taken from Timor Cottage, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, December 12, 2010. This is a stack of 5 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.
