Messier 36
Open cluster in the constellation Auriga
Also known as M36 · New General Catalogue 1960 · Open Cluster M36 · Messier Object 36
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31 statements · 87% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 36 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 1960 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- OCl 445 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 71 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 37 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 0532+341 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- OCISM 103 catalog: Catalog of open clusters and associated interstellar matter
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0594 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- M 36 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- 1654
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- 1654
- Distance from Earth
- 4,100 ly
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- 1,318 pc
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- 4,100 ly
- Radial velocity
- -1.2 kilometre per second
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- -1.2 kilometre per second
- Radius
- 7 ly
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- 7 ly
- Right ascension
- 84.075 degree
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- 84.075 degree
- Declination
- 34.14 degree
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- 34.14 degree
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.22 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -5.66 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 36 across the web's reference databases