A 5000 anos luz. A imagem contém a nebulosa planetária NGC 2438 que não pertence ao enxame pois não se desloca à mesma velocidade que as estrelas do enxame. At 5000 light years. The image also contains NGC 2438, a planetary nebula that doesn't belong to this cluster, since doesn't share the cluster's members velocity. M46, NGC 2437 Enxame aberto - Open cluster , mag 6.1 b* 10.0, dim 20' Pup, 07:41:47.0 -14 49 00 NGC 2438 Nebulosa planetária - Planetary nebula , mag 10.8 mag* 17.7, dim 76" Pup, 07:41:50.0 -14 44 06

M46& NGC 2438 Takahashi SKY90 f/4 (360mm)+ATIK-1HS 3.2" res 60% Takahashi P2Z exp: 12.5' (25x30s)