M44

[blinky]

This is called the beehive cluster, have no idea why as I cannot see any resemblance 44X45secs and 5 darks, taken (as always) with my trusty DSI

(click to enlarge)

[MartinB]

Nice to see the Beehive again. A couple of years ago Saturn was passing by so we had a few pictures of this cluster.

Some nice orange stars in there. The stars look a little saturated, have you been using the right hand levels slider?

[blinky]

Maybe ....

[LostNSpace]

I have taken many an image on this one Blinky, but only widefield shots so the cluster is only thumbnail size in the image......

Dont know how it came by the nickname of the Beehive though......

Nice capture though especially in this weather.......

Mark

[jgs001]

Nice capture Craig, that's one of my faves to look at.

[Roy Batty]

Dont know how it came by the nickname of the Beehive though......

Mark

Isn't it named so, as it's supposed to resemble a swarm of bees?

RB

[Sam]

I think the Beehive is a very nice cluster - on the same level as Pleiades I reckon - and that's a very nice pic - well done.

[LostNSpace]

Your not far wrong Roy, my imagination is always missing in the early morning.

[barkis]

Nice Pic. Craig. You are really gathering pace with your imaging.

Always a pleasure seeing clusters be they Globular or open. M44 is particularly nice in binoculars, as is the Pleiades.

As well as The Beehive, it has other descriptive names. Praesape, The Manger, All derived from Arabic I think.

Ron.

[themos]

Praesepe is Latin for cradle, according to Brittanica.

[ianporter13]

Craig,

Nice image, I think it's meant to resemble bees swarming round a hive.

maybe this will help to visualise it.

Ian

[algol]

very nice M44 that is.

spotted that last night but still unable to find M67 that is supposedly nearby

[RobH]

Great colours coming through there Blinky :hello1:

Cheers

Rob

[gary1968]

Nice image Craig, good colour........................

Gary

[radioactive]

Good job done Craig I have tried this myself in the past when we had a bit of clear sky can't think how long back that was I had trouble with the target area being too big for how I had things set up I found. Good image mate from a very Leeds

[LostNSpace]

Praesepe is Latin for cradle, according to Brittanica.

Yes Themos praesepe latin for Cradle or Manger......If you do a dot to dot on the brightest stars in this OC, the white and red giants then you have something that resembles a cradle, as seen in wiki here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Messier_object_044.jpg

[lunator]

Craig

M44 is one of my fav objects. It looks best in binos or an RFT. My F6 Newt struggles to get the whole cluster in the FOV.

You have captured some different star colours there.

Cheers

Ian

[algol]

supposed to be a manger in latin aint it?

aren't the two stars to the left of it asses?

asselius somethin or other?