Moon and M 44 (HDR & desaturated)
Moon and M 44 (HDR & in color)
Last night the Moon passed in front of an open star cluster known as "The Beehive" aka M 44. Those on the east coast of the USA (if they had no clouds) were able to capture it from beginning to end as the Moon moved from right to left. But for us here on the west coast of the USA, the Sun was only just setting.However, I attempted to capture a few images of it though the sky was still not dark (about 9 pm PDT). By manipulating the exposures and finally by stacking them in HDR I was able to at least get a shot of the Moon existing the area of the cluster. The star cluster are those very faint stars to the right of the Moon. Enjoy!
Data: Daystar 480mm f/6.5 scope, Canon T3i (unmodded), Celestron AVX mount, ISO varied from 100 to 800, exposures varied from about 1/600th sec to 4 sec. Post processing using GIMP to layer, stack and adjust image.
The individual frames:
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