Description
Overview:
Messier Object M34 is a Open Cluster discovered by Giovanni Batista Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654.
It has an angular size of 35 arc minutes.
Location:
M34 is located within the borders of the constellation Perseus at RA
02 42.0 and Declination 42 47.
It is 1,400 light years from Earth which makes it the 7th furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
Compared to the other Messier Objects, M34 is a relatively bright deep sky object
with a visual magnitude of 5.5.
