Object	M47
Info	M47 is a scattered open cluster situated in the constellation of Puppis. It is the apparent same size as the full moon and contains around 30 stars, the brightest being of mag. 5.7.  M47 lies 1600 L.y. away and is less than 1/3rd the distance to its richer neighbour, M46. Not all stars are in this FOV
Date	8-9 / 1/ 05
Location	BayTop Observatory- Streaky Bay South Australia
Instrument	Vixen VC200L working @ f4.7 with Hm made focal reducer
Mount	Vixen 'GPDX' controlled by a Mel Bartels Goto System
Camera (CCD)	Starlight Xpress HX516 monochrome with Hm, made filter slider
Exposures	L: 22' R:10' G:10' B:10'  (2' sub exposures all unbinned)     Dark frames removed
Guiding	none
Filters	Astronomik Type 2's
Notes/ Conditions	Conditions on the 8th when taking luminance was very windy. Seeing degraded into the night. On the 9th, high cloud dominated the day and into the early evening. Things cleared a little when I recorded the rgb channels but seeing was still poor.