Took a stack of images on Apr 1, 2016 using the Sony A6300 with the Orion 8" Astrograph 800mm, f3.9. This was a stack of 36 images, 25 sec each, at ISO 1600, using the camera's electronic shutter. And just now remembered that I never got around to processing. Used DSS. And of course, with DSS, I always struggle with color for which on this one, I pushed the saturation to no avail. The twins are at the top with a few close neighbors in the vicinity.
The 2nd image is m44, The Beehive Cluster. Taken on the same night, but the exposure time shortened way down so as not to saturate the brighter stars.
SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
Very Nice, Jim!
Even old data is good data.
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