Messier 47 - Open Cluster

Messier 47 or NGC 2422 (also known as NGC 2478) is an open cluster in the constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and in his then keynote work re-discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel.

For almost 200 years, this Messier object was considered "lost" as there aren't any star clusters at the right ascension and declination coordinates recorded by Messier. However, if the signs (+/−) he recorded for RA and DEC coordinates are swapped, the position matches. Until this equivalency was found, Messier 47 was considered a lost Messier Object. This identification as the same thing (ad idem) only came in 1959 with a realization by Canadian astronomer T. F. Morris.

Messier 47 is about 1,600 light-years away from Earth and contains 500 stars
Equipment:
OTA: SVBONY SV503 70ED 70mm Refractor (f/6).
Reducer: SVBONY 0.8x Reducer (f/4.8).
Filter: SVBONY CLS City Light Suppression filter
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro Cooled Color Camera (20.1mp)
Mount: Explore Scientific EX02GT with PMC-8
20x30s subs (10 minutes) captured with SharpCap 4.1 with Darks & Flats.
Processed with GraXpert 3.0.2 and Topaz Denoise, and Siril.