Jupiter and the Beehive

With all this blue sky and sunshine, and a waning moon, I decided to drive an hour and a half out to Southold to Custer Institute to do some observing.  It was a beautiful night, but it was a bit cold, and there was a wind blowing.  I looked at some galaxies, and star clusters, and the planets Venus and Jupiter.  Then I decided to do some photography of the stars.  I tried a few things, but this picture was the most interesting.  It is a photograph of the planet Jupiter, and down and to the right is the huge open cluster of stars, called The Beehive cluster.  It is so bright that it has been known of since ancient times.  It is a beautiful thing to see.