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Up next from last Friday is Messier 44, the Beehive Cluster. An open cluster of stars that lies 5-600 light years away and is about 600 million years old.This cluster caught my eye as I was gazing up at Mars on night from Sugar Grove. It was a nake… more »
Posted Under Astronomy on 04.13.2010

Adieu, Orion, Take 2

I fiddled with last week's M-42 a bit more and cropped it a little closer. Although it's a bit noisier, I was able to coax out some more detail. Results below: more »
Tags: astronomy, astrophotography, m-42, messier 42, xsi Posted Under Astronomy, Pretty Pictures, Photography, Astrophotography on 04.13.2010