m46 & NGC 2437

[gonzostar]

At last a clear night 3 nights ago Hurry for a short while, now awaiting next clear night

Finally got to image one of my favourite open clusters with NGC 2437 in Puppis.  Skirting over the neighbours roof ! 

This image has being cropped

Telescope - 102mm APO ES refractor on a AVX mount

Camera- Canon 450d unmoded iso800 with a Astronomik CLS filter. ISO800

Duration 57mins   - 60s lights., Darks, flats and bias frames also taken

Guided with PHD2 and processed in PS

Of course improvement advice much appreciated 

Thanks for looking 

Dean

[Hayduke27]

I just saw these objects for my first time recently.  Great image!

[wimvb]

Love it! Is that planetary nebula part of the cluster, or does it just happen to be in the same patch of sky?

[gorann]

Yes, very nice Dean!

I notice that the stars down to the left are not perfectly round which suggest that you may have some tilt between the camera and scope (or are using it without a field flattener). That nebula is indeed a very small thing although is is apparent enough in your image. Any plan to aim your 8" SCT on it?

[PeterCPC]

Good image.

You could try this to remove some of the noise in your image.

Peter

[gonzostar]

13 hours ago, wimvb said:

Love it! Is that planetary nebula part of the cluster, or does it just happen to be in the same patch of sky?

Cheers Wim, I think where getting there slowly! One day will bite the bullets and go mono route with filters

Apparently the star cluster is 5400ly away (further from Sweden  ), and the planetary nebula is 2900ly away. Both also moving at different velocities. It just so happens that they are currently in the same line of "sight"

Dean

[gonzostar]

5 hours ago, gorann said:

Yes, very nice Dean!

I notice that the stars down to the left are not perfectly round which suggest that you may have some tilt between the camera and scope (or are using it without a field flattener). That nebula is indeed a very small thing although is is apparent enough in your image. Any plan to aim your 8" SCT on it?

Cheers Gorann. No i dont have a field flattener at the moment. Will check Camera fittings and alignment. 

Thats a good plan for next year to aim the 8" at it. Hopefully guiding has improved a lot by then  

As for short time i am preparing for Leo galaxies, they should be appearing over the neighbours roof soon! 

Dean

[gonzostar]

4 hours ago, PeterCPC said:

Good image.

You could try this to remove some of the noise in your image.

Peter

Cheers Peter will give ago when i get home, as i cant access link at work  

Dean

[gonzostar]

15 hours ago, Hayduke27 said:

I just saw these objects for my first time recently.  Great image!

Thankyou, I was suprised how well it turned out! Worth the frozen toes