M 46 (NGC 2437) Open Cluster in Puppis
Located at: RA 07 hours 41 minutes 47 seconds, Dec -14 degrees 48 minutes 36 seconds
Size: 27'; Magnitude: 6.1; Class: II 2 r
Note: The Planetary Nebula NGC 2438 is located in the north/central part of the cluster, and is not associated with it:
Size: 64"; Magnitude: 10.1 photographic; Class: 4+2
North is up
West to the right
|
Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
|
Camera: |
ST-8XME, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control CCDOps 5.4 |
|
Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 75 minutes (60 x 75 seconds Track & Accumulate), 04/08/2006 |
|
Processing: |
CCDOps 5.4, CCDSharp, MaxIm DL 4.5, Photoshop 7.0 |
|
Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |