M 47
A bright, loose open cluster in Puppis, close in the sky to M 46.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Open star cluster
- Distance
- 1,600 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 4.4, visible to the eye from a dark site, easy in binoculars
- Size in the sky
- About half the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Puppis
- Catalogue
- M 47, NGC 2422
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Near it in the sky
- SiriusA white star in Canis Major, about a fist away.
- M 41An open cluster in Canis Major, about a fist away.
- AdharaA blue-white bright giant in Canis Major, about a hand span away.
- ProcyonA yellow-white subgiant in Canis Minor, about a hand span away.
- Orion NebulaA nebula in Orion, about two hand spans away.