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This image portrays a field in Puppis which includes the open clusters M47 on the right, and M46 on the left. Several additional objects can be seen here, dominant above M47 is the open cluster NGC2423, and the small orange patch in M46 above center is the planetary M46.

Instrument:  8" f/1.5 Celestron Schmidt Camera
Platform:  Homemade GEM
Film:  Kodak Supra 400
CCD Autoguider: ST4
Exposure:  8mins
Filters:  None
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6800 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 6/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  0 C
Processing: Photoshop, PW Pro.

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