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Basic object information
Name: M 46
Type of object: Open cluster
Magnitude: 6.1
Size: 27.0'
Magnitude of brightest star: 8.7
Object classification: III 2 m
Description: !,Cl,vB,vRi,vL
Notes: PLNNB NGC 2438 on N edge,150 * 10-13 mag
Catalog position for epoch J2000.0
Right ascension: 07h 41m 48.0s
Declination: -14° 49' 00"
Constellation: Puppis
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Obs. place: Base del Teide (2280m above sea level), Tenerife, Spain
Date/Time: 19/20.4.2004 22:15
Telescope: Newton 110/805mm
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Magn: 107x |
Filter: |
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Field: 28' |
NE Lim.mag: 7,0 |
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Background sky: 2 |
Seeing: 2 |
Height: 28°
Visuality: II, (III)
Weather: +11˚C, thin highclouds
Rich open cluster which includes a planetary nebula NGC 2438. The nebula was seen as an 11 mag roundish glow. Nice cluster to look but difficult to sketch. About 70 stars between 8-13 magnitudes.