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Date/Location December 22, 2025 (wide field), Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-4000XCM CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Askar 71mm f/6.9 Petzval refractor
Mount Orion Atlas
Exposure 30 minutes (6 x 5 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Image Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS5
Other This sparse but bright star cluster lies around the magnitude 3.4 star Meissa in the constellation Orion
Collinder 69
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