Messier 38

GPTKB entity

Properties (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf open cluster
gptkbp:age approximately 220 million years
gptkbp:associatedWith open cluster studies
gptkbp:bestTimeToVisit winter months
early evening
gptkbp:contains over 100 stars
gptkbp:established gptkb:Giovanni_Battista_Hodierna
gptkbp:exhibits gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkb:M38
gptkbp:hasCharacter no
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse no
gptkbp:hasGoals unknown
gptkbp:hasRecognition 6.4
gptkbp:hasRelatedPatent gptkb:red_giants
gptkb:orange_giants
gptkb:blue_stragglers
yes
variable stars
bright stars
nearby stars
main sequence stars
giant stars
white dwarfs
massive stars
red supergiants
faint stars
brown dwarfs
cool stars
hot stars
binary stars
clustered stars
distant stars
intermediate-mass stars
isolated stars
low-mass stars
subgiant stars
yellow giants
gptkbp:hasSibling ongoing
gptkbp:hasVariants +35° 50′ 00″
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Messier 38
gptkbp:isLocatedIn Messier's catalog
gptkbp:legalStatus 05h 28m 00s
gptkbp:length approximately 4,200 light years
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation_Auriga
gptkbp:notableFeature NGC 1912
HD 42087
HD 42088
HD 42089
HD 42090
gptkbp:officialResidence weather conditions
light pollution
gptkbp:partOf Milky Way galaxy
gptkbp:photography gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
ground-based telescopes
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Messier_36
gptkb:Messier_37
gptkbp:releaseYear 1654
gptkbp:type open star cluster
gptkbp:visibility binoculars
gptkbp:visitedBy amateur astronomers