M36 = NGC1960 ( 5h 36.1m +34°08´, 6.0 mag. )
This open cluster in Auriga was discovered by Hodierna before 1654 and LeGentil noticed it in 1749. Messier observed it on Sept. 2, 1764. 4,100 ly away, it is 14 ly across and contains approx.
M36 (NGC 1960)
open cluster
About 60 stars. Magnitude 6.3; diameter 12'; R.A. 05h 32m, Dec. +34° 7' ...
M36 (open cluster)
M37 (open cluster)
M38 (open cluster)
Auriga was protrayed as a charioteer who was seen carying two to three children on his arm. He was also known as Erechtheus, son of Hephaestus (Called Vulcan by the Romans).
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Nestled within the constellation Auriga is M36, a galactic cluster of about 60 stars. This cluster is around 4,100 light-years from Earth and has a diameter of about 14 light-years.
The open clusters we will be viewing this week (weather permitting, of course) are the objects M35, M36, M37, and M38. All of these objects are just barely visible to the naked eye from the darkest of skies.
At about the zenith in winter sky, a trio of open clusters is bathed in the faint Milky Way of Auriga. They are paralleled M37 (NGC2099), M36 (NGC1960), and M38 (NGC1912) from east to west.
About 60 members belong to M36. Its a good object for the use of binoculars. A beautiful group of stars is M38 showing an oval shape. The richest of these three Messier objects is M37. It contains about 150 stars with magnitudes of 12.
 See also: Cluster, Open, Open Cluster, Sky, M38
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