Messier 47

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 78 million years
gptkbp:apparent_magnitude 4.4
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Messier_46
gptkbp:conducts_research_on Star Cluster Dynamics
gptkbp:contains_binary_stars gptkb:true
gptkbp:contains_giant_stars gptkb:true
gptkbp:contains_star gptkb:true
ongoing
approximately 50
gptkbp:coordinates l = 240.0°, b = -10.0°
gptkbp:declination -14° 30′ 00″
gptkbp:discovered_by Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
gptkbp:discovery_year 1752
gptkbp:distance_from_earth 1600 light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:Messier_Catalog
gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_blue_stragglers gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_color 0.5
gptkbp:has_main_sequence_stars gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_red_giant_stars gptkb:true
gptkbp:has_spectral_type various types
gptkbp:has_white_dwarf_stars gptkb:true
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 47
gptkbp:included Messier's List of Nebulae and Star Clusters
gptkbp:is_located_at Right Ascension 07h 37m 24s, Declination -14° 30′ 00″
gptkbp:is_located_near gptkb:Messier_46
gptkbp:is_noted_for Bright Stars
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
Optical Astronomy
gptkbp:is_part_of Galactic Open Clusters
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:is_used_in Stellar Evolution Studies
gptkbp:is_visible_from gptkb:sunglasses
gptkb:true
Southern Hemisphere
gptkbp:known_as gptkb:NGC_2422
gptkbp:located_in constellation Puppis
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Milky_Way_Galaxy
gptkbp:research noted by various astronomers
gptkbp:right_ascension 07h 37m 24s
gptkbp:size approximately 30 light years across
gptkbp:targets Amateur Astronomers
gptkbp:type gptkb:star
gptkbp:was_noted_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messier_46
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6