Messier 37

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf open cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 400 million years
gptkbp:contains gptkb:red_giants
gptkb:blue_stragglers
variable stars
about 500
gptkbp:established gptkb:Jean-Marie_Méchain
gptkbp:hasFilm RA 05h 52m, Dec +32° 33′
gptkbp:hasGoals gptkb:M38
M36
gptkbp:hasRecognition 6.2
gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent O, B, A, F, G, K, M
gptkbp:hasVariants +32° 33′ 00″
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 37
gptkbp:isAccessibleBy gptkb:Northern_Hemisphere
binoculars
small telescopes
gptkbp:isEngagedIn winter months
gptkbp:isFiledIn 0.85
gptkbp:isLocatedIn Galactic coordinates l=180°, b=+0°
gptkbp:isLocatedNear gptkb:Messier_36
gptkb:Messier_38
gptkbp:isPartOf Milky Way Galaxy
Messier catalog
stellar population studies
deep sky objects
star cluster studies
open cluster research
star cluster catalogues
Galactic_disk
Galactic_open_clusters
Milky_Way_studies
gptkbp:isServedBy cosmology
astronomy
astrophysics
gptkbp:isStudiedIn stellar dynamics
stellar evolution
star formation
cluster evolution
gptkbp:legalStatus 05h 52m 00s
gptkbp:length approximately 4,500 light years
gptkbp:lighting moderate
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation_Auriga
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs NGC 2099
gptkbp:releaseYear 1764
gptkbp:type open star cluster
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope