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Object Type: Emission nebula, open cluster
Constellation: Puppis
Magnitude: 7.1
Size: 15'

NGC 2467 is an open cluster, while Sh2-311 is the emission nebula associated with it.

Equipment: Vixen 102-ED/TS Optics field flattener/Astrodon RGB filters/ST-10XME/Paramount ME
F-ratio: f/6.5
Exposures: RRGB: R 12 x 20 minutes: G 12 x 5 minutes: B 12 x 5 minutes: GB binned 2x2
Date: February 18, 23, and 24, 2012
Location: Landers, California, USA
Technical Notes: Individual exposures were dithered with CCDAutopilot2 and sigma combined. The RGB image was created in Registar 1.0. Reduce Noise and Gaussian Blur were applied to the RGB image and Reduce Noise was applied to the dim portion of the luminance image.