Astronomy Adventure – Messier 47

Messier 47 is another open cluster, this time in the constellation Puppis. It was “discovered” in the mid-1600s and added to Messier list in 1771. Under dark skies, it can be a naked eye object. Unfortunately, once again tracking and focusing was not perfect in this photo.

Here are the technical details for those handful who might be interested:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on, but clearly not perfectly polar aligned
Magnification: ~25x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCapPro app; ISO 8000
Processing: 2×10 sec. images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker; with darks; adjusted curves using GIMP