Messier 47

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Messier 47 (M47 or NGC 2422), also known as NGC 2478 is an open cluster in the southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and re-discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel.

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Image: Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.