Wallpaper author:
Beatrice Heinze
30 Jan 2026
M41 Little Beehive Cluster
A beautiful open star cluster, also known as NGC 2287, located in the constellation Canis Major, displays its stars like precious jewels in the night sky.
Editing this star cluster was great fun. I also love viewing star clusters through a telescope or binoculars.
My workflow included: GraXpert, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, Curves Transformation and ImageBlend (to merge luminance and RGB).
Clear Skies!
Dataset from which the image was processed
M41
5 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 101.5 Dec -20.71667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Jan 2022 - 29 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 655 | 2h | 11 |
| Red | 600 | 1h50m | 11 |
| Green | 545 | 1h40m | 11 |
| Blue | 600 | 1h50m | 11 |