Messier 36
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| Constellation | Carter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 36 m 17.7 s |
| declination | + 34 ° 08 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance
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| classification | I, 3, m (Trumpler), f (Shapley) |
| Brightness (visual) | 6.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 6.09 mag |
| Angular expansion | 10 ' |
| Number of stars | 60 |
| Brightest star | 9 likes |
| Physical data
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| Redshift | −4 · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | −1.18 km / s |
| distance | 4100 ly (1300 pc ) |
| diameter | 14 years |
| Age | 25 million years |
| history | |
| Discovered by | GB Hodierna |
| Discovery time | around 1654 |
| Catalog names | |
| M 36 • NGC 1960 • C 0532 + 341 • OCl 445 • Mel 37 • Cr 71 • Lund 191 • OCISM 103 | |
Messier 36 (also known as NGC 1960 ) is one of the three open star clusters in the winter constellation Fuhrmann . Its brightness is +6.0 mag , its angular extent is 10 '.
In the 10 × 50 binoculars he shows a cloud with 10 to 15 stars 9-10. Size, already over 60 in a 20cm mirror telescope, but less than its neighbors M37 and M38 . In total, it should have almost 200 stars.
Individual evidence
- ↑ NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
- ↑ a b c d e f g Messier 36 at SEDS
- ↑ a b c SIMBAD
- ↑ Seligman
- ↑ Bernd Koch, Stefan Korth: The Messier objects. The 110 classic destinations for sky watchers. Kosmos-Verlag, 213p., ISBN 9783440117439 , Stuttgart 2010
