Astronomy Adventure — M46

Messier 46 is another open cluster in Puppis near Messier 47, but much fainter and much more dense, containing around 500 stars overall.

Technical details:
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro;
ISO 8000; 25 second exposure;

Originally published at https://thesoundings.com on April 28, 2019.