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.
The star cluster Messier 48 in Hydra the Water Snake, in a wide-field telephoto image simulating the feld of view of binoculars. This is a stack of 10 x 2-minute tracked but unguided exposures with the Canon RF70-200mm lens at 200mm and f/4 with the stock Canon R5 at ISO 1600. Taken from home Feb 10, 2023.
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.
