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M 48

Open cluster · Hydra

M 48

Also known as NGC 2548

Messier 48
Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Hydra
Position (J2000): 8h 13m 43s · −5° 45′ 01″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1771

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 5.8; visual
Size: 28.2′
Distance: ~2,000 ly
Best months: Dec–Feb

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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