2025-04-14

• Condition: G5
• Location: Home, Spearfish: 44.49, -103.87

09:03PM

• Target: NGC 2422, M47
• Const: Puppis
• RaDec: 07h36m -14.29
• Type: Open Cluster
• Scope: AT102ED
• Setting: 55x
• Class: II 3 r

Image

Lovely cluster, I had not viewed it for a few years (2022-03-20). It was not on my list of favorites, but after tonight that has been rectified.

A large amount of stars with a moderate range in magnitude. The observation fit very nicely with the 13mm (55x) eyepiece, allowing for just enough surrounding space to frame it perfectly.

Found east-north-east of Sirius.

After my observation of M 47, I moved an FoV over to the east to observe M 46. I did not produce a sketch of it, but it was a lovely view. Much less pronounced that M 47, it contained a multitude of dimmer and smaller stars.