M44 - The Beehive Cluster 
Uploaded 3/6/23


Instrument:  10" f/2.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian with Nexus 0.75x coma corr.
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
Camera:  Color CMOS OSC
Guider: ASI mini  w/80mm piggyback refractor
Exposure:  60m ( 5 min subs)
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  25 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration, Color Conversion
PixInsight:  Saturation Curves, , stacking
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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