Here are a couple of quick cluster images done with my small setup.
NGC 2477 caught my interest with the bright foreground star HD 64503. Turns out there are several other southern clusters with bright foreground stars - that I will post shortly.
NGC 2477:
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC2477.htm
NGC 2301:
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC2301.htm
Scope - Megrez II 80 mm refractor
Camera - Artemis285 (Astronomik LRGB filters)
NGC 2477 caught my interest with the bright foreground star HD 64503. Turns out there are several other southern clusters with bright foreground stars - that I will post shortly.
NGC 2477:
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC2477.htm
NGC 2301:
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC2301.htm
Scope - Megrez II 80 mm refractor
Camera - Artemis285 (Astronomik LRGB filters)
Jim Thommes
Mak-Newt 152 mm
C8
Megrez II APO
Zenithstar 66 mm APO
G11/Gemini
ST8300M
Artemis285 Camera
Canon 350D DSLR
http://jthommes.com/Astro/