M 41
A bright open cluster just south of Sirius, easy in binoculars.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Open star cluster
- Distance
- 2,300 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 4.5, visible to the eye from a dark site, easy in binoculars
- Size in the sky
- About a third of the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Catalogue
- M 41, NGC 2287
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