During the March evenings on a dark clear night, a point halfway between Pollux and Regulus is a patch of of stars called The Beehive Cluster,M44. Also known as Praesepe, M44 is estimated to be around 730 million years old. The object is perfect for viewing with a pair of binoculars, or a telescope with low power. There are an estimated 350 stars associated with M44 scattered in and arround the general area. Look  for the house shape pattern that appears on it`s side.

This image was taken on the 4th of March 2010 with a Canon 40D and a Stellarview 102ED Refractor at F / 5.6. 4 seperate 70 sec.images were taken @ ISO 400 in Nebulosity. Images were stacked and aligned, levels and curves were applied in Photoshop.

The image below was captured @ ISO 800 for comparison only.