M37, M36, and M38 are located left to right in this image. All can be seen in binoculars and are impressive objects in small telescopes. The red nebulae on the right side of the image are IC 405 and IC 410. The open cluster NGC 1907 is just below M38, and the open cluster NGC 1778 is in the upper right corner of this image.

Equipment: Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 lens/STL-11000M/Astrodon LRGB filters/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/4
Exposures: LRGB: L 11 x 3 minutes: R 8 x 3 minutes: G 8 x 3 minutes: B 8 x 3 minutes: RGB binned 2x2
Date: December 22, 2006
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. Gaussian Blur of 1 pixel was applied to the RGB image. Gradients were removed using Russell Croman's GradientXTerminator plug-in for Photoshop.