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M48

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M48 M48 or Messier 48, also known as NGC 2548, is an open cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It sits near Hydra’s westernmost limit with Monoceros, about 18° 34′ to the east and slightly south of …

M47

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Herschel 400 Catalog, Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M47 M47 or Messier 47 (NGC 2422) is an open cluster in the mildly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and in his then keynote work re-discovered by Charles Messier on 1771. It …

M46

Roger Nelson January 18, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Planetary Nebulas, Portfolios

M46 M46 or Messier 46, also known as NGC 2437, is an open cluster of stars in the slightly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. Dreyer described it as “very bright, very rich, very …

M44

Roger Nelson January 17, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M44 M44, The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for “manger” or “crib”), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the nearest open clusters to Earth, it contains a larger …

M41

Roger Nelson January 17, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M41 M41 or Messier 41 (also known as NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major, sometimes referred to as The Little Beehive Cluster. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known …

M39

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M39 M39 or Messier 39, also known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, positioned two degrees to the south of the star Pi Cygni and around 9° east-northeast of Deneb. The cluster …

M36

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios Leave a Comment

M36 Messier 36 or M36, also known as NGC 1960, is an open cluster of stars in the somewhat northern Auriga constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654, who described it as a nebulous patch. The cluster …

M34

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M34 Messier 34 (also known as M34 or NGC 1039) is a large and relatively near open cluster in Perseus. It was probably discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654[4] and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like …

M29 Open Cluster

Roger Nelson January 16, 2024Lists, Log Book, Messiers, NGC Objects, Open Clusters, Portfolios

M29 Open Cluster Messier 29 or M29, also known as NGC 6913, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright star Gamma Cygni of a northerly zone of the sky, Cygnus. It was …