Object: Open Cluster M46

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Object
Open Cluster M46 & Planetary Nebula NGC2438 & SAC PK231+4.1
Camera CCD-Labs Q453HR
Pixel size:

Square 7.8um x 7.8um
Image format:

3032(h) x 2016(v) ~ 6.11M pixels
Image Area:

23.4mm(h) x 15.6mm(v) APS film equivalent
Equipment Orion Atlas Mount, EQMOD, Vixen ED130SS fl 860mm, William Optics 70mm Guidescope, Orion SS Autoguider
Date & Place  
Exposure &
Processing		  6x5min exposures Captured with MaxIm, Stacked with Deepsky Stacker, Finished with Photoshop CS3 using Skytools 6.1
Object name: M 46
Magnitude: 6.1
Equatorial 2000: RA: 07h 41m 47s
Dec: -14°48'36"
Size: 20.0 x 20.0
Object type: Open Cluster
Constellation: Pup
Source catalog: Messier Catalog
Number: 46
Other ID: NGC2437
Type: O		 Object name: NGC2438
Magnitude: 10.8
Equatorial 2000: RA: 07h 41m 51s
Dec: -14°44'05"
Size: 1.3 x 1.3
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Source catalog: Herschel Objects
Blue mag: H39-4
Constellation: Pup
Catalog number: 2438
Celestial type: 17
NGC/IC: 2438
 		 Object name: SAC PK 231+ 4.1
Magnitude: 14.4
Equatorial 2000: RA: 07h 42m 06s Dec: -14°21'00"
Size: 0.6 x 0.5
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Source catalog: Saguaro Astronomy Club Database
Common name: PK 231+ 4.1
Mag: 14.4
Constellation: PUP
Other ID: M1-18
Type: PLNNB
Notes: "
Class: 2b "
Celestial type: 17