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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6047. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M47 is an open cluster in Puppis, first recorded (before 1654) by Hodierna. It was independently rediscovered by Messier on 19 February 1771, but he made a sign error when computing its position and so it was considered a `missing object' (i.e. possibly spurious) until Oswald Thomas clarified Messier's mistake in 1934. It has to be emphasized again that Messier's list, unlike many of the earlier ...

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