Mars in The Beehive

Frank Ryan Jr

Shannon, Ireland.

I used GRAS20 remote observatory in New Mexico to shoot a 10 min image of the scene.
Equipment: Takahashi FSQ-ED 106mm & SBIG ST-8300C single-shot-color CCD camera.
Processed in Maxim DL & Photoshop.

Mars in the centre of the Beehive Cluster (M44) 1st Oct 2011.