SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
massimo.difusco
Location of Photo:
Rio Hurtado (Chile)
Date/Time of photo:
10/02/2026 03:00
Equipment:
Data acquired at Chilescope: ASA Newton 500 @1900mm, ASA DDM85 equatorial Mount, FLI PL16803 CCD camera, Astrodon R/G/B filters 3x(3x300")
Description:
Messier 47 (also known as M47 or NGC 2422) is a bright open star cluster located in the southern constellation Puppis that lies at a distance of 1600 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 4.2. M47 occupies an area of 30 arc minutes of apparent sky, corresponding to a linear diameter of 12 light years, and its estimated age is 78 million years.
