Messier 38
Open cluster in the constellation Auriga
Also known as M38 · New General Catalogue 1912
- Instance of
- Part of
Overview
All data
31 statements · 87% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Discovered
- 1654
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- 1654
- Catalog code
- M 38 catalog: Messier object
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- NGC 1912 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- OCl 433.0 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 67 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 36 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 0525+358 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0557 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- M 38 catalog: Messier object
- Distance from Earth
- 4,200 ly
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- 1,066 pc
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- 4,200 ly
- Radius
- 12.5 ly
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- 12.5 ly
- Radial velocity
- 1 kilometre per second
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- 1 kilometre per second
- Declination
- 35.855 degree
- Right ascension
- 82.1792 degree
- Metallicity
- -0.1
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- -0.1
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.52 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -4.14 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 38 across the web's reference databases