Astronomy Adventure – The Beehive Cluster

Messier 44, also known as the Beehive Cluster or the Praesepe, is an open cluster in the constellation of Cancer. Under dark skies, it can actually be seen as a blurry patch by the naked eye. This is the star cluster closest to us besides the Pleiades, another cluster easily seen by the naked eye under any conditions.

Here are the technical details for those handful who might be interested:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on, but clearly not perfectly polar aligned
Magnification: ~25x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCapPro app; ISO 8000
Processing: 4×10 sec. images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker; with darks; adjusted curves using GIMP