Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  M 46  ·  NGC 2437  ·  NGC 2438
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M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis, Bruce Rohrlach
M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis
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M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis

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M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis, Bruce Rohrlach
M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis
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M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis

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M46 - an open cluster of some 500 stars in the constellation Puppis with planetary nebula NGC 2438 lying in front of the cluster.

After processing this image, I realised there is a 2nd planetary nebula that I had unintendedly captured in the original fov, just outside the lower right edge of this image, but have since cropped out from the image below to get rid of my edge stars with coma.

This cluster is pulling away from us at 44.1 km/second.

26-03-2022 Lysterfield, Victoria.

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M46 and NGC 2438 in Puppis, Bruce Rohrlach