Open Star Clusters

Astrophotography
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Thursday Feb 5th was unusual as it had zero wind, not too chilly and very clear night. Attached is part of the Hades open star cluster. Celestron CX8, NexStar 8SE, 50mm eyepiece with 0.5x corrector/reducer lense, iPhone 12 using NightCap app for 10sec exposure. Just raw image - no editing!

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Last evening (10-Jul-26) I was able to get some clear skies, but a bit windy. Below are M6 and M7 open clusters. I attempted to get M80 and M4 but not visible likely due to light pollution.

Randy

M6 Butterfly Cluster
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M7 Ptolemy's Cluster
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