Messier 50

M50 (NGC 2323) is an open cluster in the constellation Monoceros, and at magnitude 5.9, is barely visible to the naked eye in dark skies.

M50

The picture was taken with a fully modified Canon Rebel camera (this is my one shot color (OSC)) on a TEC 140 telescope from the Alpenglow-Torrey House Observatory in the dark sky community of Torrey, Utah (Bortle 2-3). 12 two-minute sub frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker = 24 minute photo. Processed in Photoshop (CS5). Unguided, no calibration frames.

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