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atalas

22-12-2005, 10:17 AM

Well with the moon hanging around I decided It would be nice to shoot some open clusters . Here is a 3 minute shot of M46 and NGC 2438 clearly visible in the consterlation of Puppis .
This cluster sits at approximately 5000 LY away and glows at mag:6.1 while
NGC 2438 is 3300 LY away .

ving

22-12-2005, 10:44 AM

great shot louie. its good to see some images coming from you again :thumbsup:
:D

atalas

22-12-2005, 10:47 AM

Thanks Dave,Its been such a long time between shots that when I setup my gear again I struggle to remember what to do ! :lol:

22-12-2005, 12:59 PM

Beautiful image Louie, like ving said it's great to see your images again.

EDIT: I just noticed: -approx in the middle of the image a purple "bubble", is that a planetary neb?

iceman

22-12-2005, 01:02 PM

Hey Louie, that's M46! It should go in the December challenge objects threads! :)

Beautiful image of a nice cluster, Louie. Very good representation of what we see at the eyepiece! well done.

Was this with your skywatcher? What camera?

ving

22-12-2005, 01:12 PM

sure is a planetary :)

iceman

22-12-2005, 01:22 PM

yeh RB, it's NGC2438.

22-12-2005, 04:53 PM

Thanks for the info David and Mike.

It's beautiful Louie.
Well Done!

Striker

22-12-2005, 05:24 PM

Well done Louie....That little Planetary looks very nice with that cluster.

atalas

22-12-2005, 05:32 PM

Thanks David,Andrew,Mike and Tony , Yes Mike I should of put It in the December Challenge objests sorry dude !

Rodstar

22-12-2005, 09:56 PM

Great shot Louie! I discovered the M46 and planetary "double" at SPSP in 2005. It is beautiful as a viewing object too! One of my favourites.

seeker372011

22-12-2005, 10:18 PM

nice shot...esp like the colour in the PN

nice to see someone getting out there with the gear..my last image was on Oct 2 :(

atalas

22-12-2005, 10:25 PM

Yes Andrew thats the one bubble gum ! :lol:

atalas

22-12-2005, 10:29 PM

Thanks Rod and Narayan ! It is a beautiful cluster to view Rod , and Narayan you must be having withdrawals by now mate ! The moon ruins DSO's thats why I decided to shoot some clusters, though gradients are still a problem .

Rodstar

22-12-2005, 10:33 PM

BTW Louie, your namesake (toy poodle called Louis) arrived yesterday. It goes without saying that he is a very handsome young pooch.....

atalas

22-12-2005, 10:37 PM

;)

iceman

23-12-2005, 06:04 AM

:rofl:

Did you pick it up from bankstown?

Rodstar

23-12-2005, 08:23 PM

:rundog: Paris, more like it!