Open star cluster · Puppis

Messier 47

M47 · NGC 2422

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 05:17 · southeast · 17°

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Where is Messier 47?

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Look southeast, about 17° up at 05:17 in Puppis. It rises at 02:51 and climbs through the night.

From London tonight, Messier 47 is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest just before dawn, around 05:17, in the southeast at 17°.

At magnitude 4.4, with its light spread over an area of sky, it can be seen by eye from a dark site; light pollution hides it quickly.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

A small group or hazy patch of stars, clearer from a dark site.

A scatter of stars; often the best view.

Many separate stars. Use your lowest magnification.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Messier 47 (M47) is a open star cluster in Puppis, with a total brightness of magnitude 4.4 and an apparent size of 20′.

Sources: OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0); star chart: Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences