M47 Open cluster in Puppis
Orion 8" f/4 Astrograph

 
 This
            cluster blazes with blue supergiant stars, and a sprinkling of
            red K and M types as well. A stunning companion cluster to the
            nearby M46, in a dense star filled Winter Milky way field.
 

            
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Optics:  8" f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph w/Baader MPCC Coma Corrector
Platform:  Homemade GEM with Byers Starmaster Drive 
Camera:  Hutech Modified Canon XTi @ ISO800
Exposure:  3 x 5m
Location:  Happy Jack, Arizona
Elevation:  6850 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  8/10, Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  35F
Processing Tools:  Photoshop CS2, Images Plus 3.82
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