M93/NGC2447

December 11, 2004

Open Cluster M93 in Puppis

A small but bright cluster of stars at a distance of about 34oo light years lying is a rich stellar neighborhood. The diameter of the cluster is about 18 light years in diameter.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Three 1 minute exposures dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.10.

M93