by Dave Mitsky
I captured this image of Saturn and the bright open cluster M44 in Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel DSLR and a Canon EF 80-200mm zoom lens set at maximum zoom. Saturn is the bright object to the right of the center of the picture. M44 lies just to the left of center. The location was the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg's Naylor Observatory near Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. On the same night, Mars was close to M45, the Pleiades.