Beehive Cluster

Captured and processed by Yead Muhammad Ivan

Astrophotography information

Astrophotography Yead Muhammad Ivan
Observing location Kishoreganj (24.4320, 90.7805)
Exposure time 40 min.
Telescope Askar 71F 71/490 mm
Camera Nikon D5300
Field of view (resolution) 2.75° x 1.83° (1.65 arcsec)
Image processing Yead Muhammad Ivan
Image processing method Stacked in DSS, stretched in Siril, and edited in Photoshop

Astrophysical information

Object type Star Cluster
Constellation Cancer
Distance 577.4 ly
Angular size 95 arcmin
Physical size 15-23 ly
Apparent magnitude 3.7