Monday, January 27, 2025

Deep Sky Delights in Auriga (all night)

The outer rim of our Milky Way galaxy passes directly through Auriga, so the constellation contains a number of excellent open star clusters. Messier list targets include M36, M37, and M38, all of which can be seen with naked eyes
and binoculars under dark sky conditions. Additional, medium-bright clusters are NGC1893, 1907, 1778, 1857, and 1664, all of which shine brighter than magnitude 8.0.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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