M46, M47, and NGC 2438 – Two star clusters and a planetary nebula

Equipment

  • Sony Rx10iv
  • Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
  • Star Adventurer tripod
  • Bahintov Mask
  • Intervalometer
  • Laptop for plate solving

Acquisition

  • ISO 800, F4.0, 380mm
  • 123×2′ exposures – total 2 hours 3 mins
  • 100 flats, 100 bias

Processing

  • Stacked with siril
  • Deconvolution, TGV denoise, Dynamic background extraction, extracted and reapplied luminance (All in pixinsight)

About the image

This image contains two star clusters and a planetary nebula. The top star cluster is M46, and within it lies planetary nebula NGC 2438. The bottom cluster is M47.

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