• NGC 2437 or Messier 46 in Puppis
    • M44
    Annotated image
  • Open cluster M46 with planetary nebula NGC 2438 in Puppis.
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  17 April 2022
  • FOV:  approximately 68' × 45'; M46 is approximately 23'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Thirteen 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  52 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • GHS, HST, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST, DynCrop
  • HDR5, PMath HDR5 + Crop, Sat, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY