M44 - at 1820mm and f/14 (Uwe Deutermann)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cancer (Cnc) · Contains: 38 Cnc · 39 Cnc · 40 Cnc · 41 Cnc) · 41 eps Cnc · 42 Cnc · Almalaf (ε Cnc · Beehive · Beehive cluster · HD73330 · HD73345 · HD73397 · HD73429 · HD73430 · HD73449 · HD73450 · HD73487 · HD73533 · HD73574 · HD73598 · HD73616 · HD73617 · HD73618 · HD73619 · HD73640 · HD73709 · HD73710 · HD73711 · HD73730 · HD73818 · And 20 more.

M44 - at 1820mm and f/14

Pure calibration image. Maybe this is the best way to describe my M44. Well, I needed to find the best back focus (which was not easy, super sensitive), and thought, why not taking an interesting open cluster for that, that should tell fairly well! And I have one more of the Messier catalog booked, also not the worst to have,
When you look closer you see that the stars at the edges are not great, just could not get it perfectly aligned, and I do have 0.2mm additions to adjust! But thinking about the smaller galaxy targets, crop is for sure an option, hence i am not too concerned about it.
I tried to fancy up the stars just for fun, came out kind of nice. No killer image for sure 😊, but hey, at least one image with f/14 done 😊! Btw, this is the full sensor, no crop at all!
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RA (center)	08h40m19s.279
RA (top/left)	08h42m44s.697
RA (top/right)	08h37m57s.914
RA (bottom/right)	08h37m54s.352
RA (bottom/left)	08h42m39s.761

Dec (center)	+19°48′15″.28
Dec (top/left)	+20°09′52″.92
Dec (top/right)	+20°11′24″.33
Dec (bottom/right)	+19°26′29″.41
Dec (bottom/left)	+19°25′00″.68

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