Jan 28
Day 8 (January 26 2026)
in order of appearance: the moon, m46, m47, m48, leo triplet, winnecke 4, m53, m49, m58
seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Israel
seen from Germany
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Japan
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from Israel
seen from Russia
seen from Mexico
seen from Malaysia
seen from Canada
Day 8 (January 26 2026)
in order of appearance: the moon, m46, m47, m48, leo triplet, winnecke 4, m53, m49, m58
M46 (right), M47 (upper left), and NGC 2423 (mid-left) // Michael Maxwell
M46 (left) and M47 (right) // Ivo Scheggia
M47 // Nick Fritz
M46 (right) and M47 (left) // Marco Montella
M47 // Daniele Vasi
M47 (center) and M46 (right) // Marcelo Nahu
M47 // Damien Cannane
Located close to M46, although much closer to Earth and younger, M47 only contains about 50 stars. This makes it one of the least densely populated open clusters known.
M47 was considered a lost Messier object for centuries. It seems that Messier switched the + and - signs in his coordinates by mistake when noting the position of this star cluster. It was only 1959 that Canadian astronomer T. F. Morris realized this error and corrected it.