This frames a pair of contrasting and superb star clusters in Puppis: rich NGC 2477 on the left and sparse but bright NGC 2451 on the right, the latte

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This frames a pair of contrasting and superb star clusters in Puppis: rich NGC 2477 on the left and sparse but bright NGC 2451 on the right, the latter centred on the orange star c Puppis. The blue star at lower left is Naos, aka Zeta Puppis. The field is filled with the northernmost tendrils of gas and dust from the vast Gum Nebula. This is a stack of 8 x 5 minute exposures with the Sharpstar 61mm EDPH III refractor at and the modified (by AstroGear) Canon R at ISO 800. No filter was employed here. Auto-guided on the Astro-Physics AP400 mount with the MGEN3 auto-guider. Taken from Australia in March 2024.

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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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