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Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster, M44

Praesepe, the Beehive Cluster, M44(Daryl Doughty)

Acquisition Date : 02/17/10 (14:180s)
Camera : Unmodified Canon 1000D
Camera Settings : Manual(bulb), USB EOS Utility control, ISO800
Telescope : Homebuilt 90-mm APO Refractor, f6.7.
90-mm, f10 Refractor Guide Scope, DSIpro1 guide camera, PHD guiding.
Mount : Homebuilt GEM pier mount, Ed Biers worm gear and worm, Losmandy Digital Drive System with Steppers.
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Astro Tech Field Flattener, Orion 2" SkyGlow LPF.
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Nebulosity 2 (preprocessing with darks and flats, aligning and stacking)
PhotoShop 7 with Carboni Tools (final processing and cropping).
Web Site : www.flickr.com/OklahomaProf1940
NOTES : Suburban-urban sky. Transparancy: 4 of 5.

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