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Douglas Rollain

Cygnus area with Seestar s30 Pro

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Messier 47 image

Messier 47

Contains: Deep sky object
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Description

Messier 47 is a young open star cluster in the constellation Puppis (The stern of the Ship Argo Navis of Jason and the Argonauts). M47 consists of ~50 stars 78 million years young and is 1,600 light-years distant. Please visit my website for the "almost" complete Messier catalog. http://owlmountainobservatory.com https://www.facebook.com/OwlMountainObservatory