Last night was surprisingly successful for #astrophotography. I shot five targets, and got good results for three of them. The fifth ... I'll add its data to my previous sessions later.

First up was the #Moon. At about 3/4 full, it is now a major issue for many targets, but makes for a great image itself, as the surface is mostly visible, but still has the sun hitting at an angle, so we get great shadows.

Second was the #TarantulaNebula , aka #C103 or #NGC2070 .

Next up was a bit of an experiment - #Orion 's Belt. This was a roughly 1 hour mosaic, and I am pretty pleased with how it has come out.

Last for the evening was the #BeehiveCluster or #M44. I don't often shoot clusters, but I thought this was in a good position. Sadly there is no nebulosity associated with it. Despite this, it has come up looking very pretty.

Here is a little collage of the evenings shots.

#astronomy #Astrodon #backyardAstronomy #southernhemisphere #Dwarf3 #Snapseed

#M44 / #Beehive Cluster from this morning. Approximately 610 light years away in the #constellation Cancer. First observed via #telescope by #Galileo in 1609

Shot on a Canon T6 mounted on a Skywatcher 72mm ED doublet refractor. Approximately 30 minutes of integration time @ 420mm FL / 800 ISO #astronomy #astrophotography

https://youtu.be/6aNmiWNa6bA

Today on the Storm Warning dev server we take a look at the American M44, an SPG from the 1950's that is being introduced to the American, German, British, Japanese, Italian and French tech trees.

#warthunder #m44 #spg #usa #6nation #stormwarning #devserver