niteskys.com - M47 - Open Cluster in Puppis

Date(s)

01/29/09 & 01/30/09

Exposure Data

LRGB = 34:24:24:24 minutes

Optics and Camera

Takahashi FSQ-106ED
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8A
Tru-Balance LRGB Filters

Processing Tools

CCDStack
Photoshop CS3

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M47 - Open Cluster in Puppis

M47 (NGC2422) is one of three open clusters in the constellation of Puppis cataloged by Messier. The other two are M46 and M93. In addition to M47, two other open clusters can be seen in this image. A portion of Herschel H28-7 (NGC2423) can be seen at the left edge of the image while NGC2425 is the small cluster at the lower right.