Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  HD61819  ·  HD62000  ·  M 46  ·  NGC 2437  ·  NGC 2438  ·  PK231+04.2
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M46 and NGC2438, sreilly24590
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M46 and NGC2438

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M46 and NGC2438, sreilly24590
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M46 and NGC2438

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This nebula is typically well hidden withing the stars that surround it but with the advent of software such as StarXTerminator the ability to work only on the nebulae, galaxy or other non-stellar object gets a bit easier. I'm slowly working my way to where I'm getting a hang on the process but still find myself less than happy with the final results but I'm getting there.
So M46 is locate din the constellation Puppis but is actually the open star cluster  (NGC2437) that happens to have this nebula in its view (NGC2438). This data set is from 2020.

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M46 and NGC2438, sreilly24590