Monday, May 18, 2015

APOD 4.4

This image of M46 Plus Two was made an Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 17. M46 is a 300-million year-old open cluster, located roughly 5000 lightyears away in the constellation Puppis. Also pictured are planetary nebula NGC 2438 and PK231+4.1.

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