NGC 2632 - Beehive Cluster or Praesepe

Dec 2025
NGC 2632
author image @jeremy Redford, MI

1

Beehive Cluster or Praesepe

Lights

Filter NO FILTER
Lights 411
Single Exposure 20 sec
Total Exposure 2 hr 17 min
Gain 80
Offset 200
Temp (°C) -10.0 °C

Equipment

Camera ZWO Seestar S50
Telescope ZWO Seestar S50
Reducer None
Guide Camera ZWO Seestar S50
Guider None
Mount ZWO Seestar
Tripod ZWO Carbon Fiber Tripod TC40
Filter Wheel None
Eaf ZWO Seestar
Dew Heater ZWO Seestar

Nights

Capture Dates Moon Illumination
10 December 2025 Waning Gibbous (68.59%)

Software

Acquisition

Seestar
Processing

Siril

NGC 2632 - Beehive Cluster

Apr 2026
NGC 2632
author image @jeremy Redford, MI

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Beehive Cluster - https://www.messierplanner.co.uk/object/m44-beehive-cluster

Lights

Filter NO FILTER NO FILTER NO FILTER NO FILTER
Lights 141 211 61 203
Single Exposure 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 60 sec
Total Exposure 23 min 30.000000 sec 1 hr 10 min 30 min 30.000000 sec 3 hr 23 min
Gain 80 80 80 80
Offset 200 200 200 200
Temp (°C) -10.0 °C -10.0 °C -10.0 °C -10.0 °C

Equipment

Camera ZWO Seestar S30
Telescope ZWO Seestar S30
Reducer None
Guide Camera ZWO Seestar S30
Guider None
Mount ZWO Seestar
Tripod NEEWER M521 20" Portable Desktop Mini
Filter Wheel None
Eaf ZWO Seestar
Dew Heater ZWO Seestar
Rotator K&F CONCEPT FH-03 Fluid Head

Nights

Capture Dates Moon Illumination
18 March 2025 Waning Gibbous (87.76%)
08 April 2025 Waxing Gibbous (78.74%)
26 May 2025 Waning Crescent (1.92%)
24 November 2025 Waxing Crescent (12.49%)
05 December 2025 Waxing Gibbous (99.8%)
29 March 2026 Waxing Gibbous (83.08%)
07 April 2026 Waning Gibbous (78.35%)
08 April 2026 Waning Gibbous (70.13%)

Software

Acquisition

Seestar
Processing

Cosmic Clarity

Graxpert

Seti Astro Suite Pro

Siril

Syqon Prism

VeraLux Suite