Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  140 Pup  ·  M 46  ·  M 47  ·  NGC 2422  ·  NGC 2423  ·  NGC 2425  ·  NGC 2437  ·  NGC 2438  ·  PK231+04.1  ·  PK231+04.2  ·  The star 140 Pup
Messier 46 and 47, Jan Scheers
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Messier 46 and 47

Messier 46 and 47, Jan Scheers
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Messier 46 and 47

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Messier 46 and Messier 47 are two young open clusters in the constellation Puppis.

They're both medium size open clusters and share similar characteristics, with about the same amount of stars (500). The main differences here are their distance and age. M46 lies farther than M47 (5,500 vs 1,600 light-years away), and is also much older (251 vs 78 million years old)

Image acquired with the Officina Stellare RH200 telescope and FLI ML16200 CCD-camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Total integration time 240 minutes. 6 subs of 600s with each filter (LRGB).

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Messier 46 and 47, Jan Scheers