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- Discovered
- September 11, 1746
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- September 11, 1746
- Catalog code
- M2 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 7089 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- BD-01 4175 catalog: Durchmusterung
1
- HD 205146 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
1
- GCRV 13546 catalog: General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities
1
- GCl 121 catalog: Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements
1
- Melotte 235 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 2130-010 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
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- [KPS2012] MWSC 3526 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
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- M2 catalog: Messier object
- Distance from Earth
- 0.012 Mpc
- Radius
- 88 ly
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- 88 ly
- Radial velocity
- -5.3 kilometre per second
- -6.7 kilometre per second
- Absolute magnitude
- -8.97
- Right ascension
- 323.3626 degree epoch: J2000.0
- Declination
- -0.8233 degree epoch: J2000.0
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- 6.77 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -4.54 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
4 identifiers linking Messier 2 across the web's reference databases