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35 statements · 89% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- M 46 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 2437 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- OCl 601.0 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 159 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 75 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 0739-147 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 1313 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- M 46 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- February 19, 1771
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- February 19, 1771
- Distance from Earth
- 5,400 ly
1
- 1,713.96 pc
- 5,400 ly
- Radius
- 15 ly
1
- 15 ly
- Radial velocity
- 37.34 kilometre per second
- Right ascension
- 115.4417 degree
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- 115.4417 degree
- Declination
- -14.81 degree
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- -14.81 degree
- Parallax
- 0.6005 milliarcsecond
- Metallicity
- -0.07
1
- -0.07
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.8232 milliarcsecond per year
- -3.823 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- 0.3729 milliarcsecond per year
- 0.372 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Messier 46 across the web's reference databases