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AI overview
Messier 41 is an open cluster of stars located in the constellation Canis Major, visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch in the night sky. It's a group of young stars that formed together and remain gravitationally bound, helping astronomers understand how stars are born and evolve over time.
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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 06 46.0
- Declination
- −20 ° 46 ′
- Distance
- 2,360 ly (725 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 38 arcmin
- Radius
- 12.5 ly
- Estimated age
- 200 million yrs
- Other designations
- M41, NGC 2287
- Constellation
- Canis Major
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Part of
- Orion Arm
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Distance from Earth
- 693
- Image
- Messier 041 2MASS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Giovan Battista Hodierna
- Commons gallery
- Messier 41
- time of discovery or invention
- 1654-00-00
- Commons category
- Messier 41
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 0978
- apparent magnitude
- 4.89
- right ascension
- 101.5042
- declination
- -20.7567
- radial velocity
- 26.2
- epoch
- J2000.0
- metallicity
- -0.11
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.99
- declination component of proper motion
- -1.16
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