Description
Overview:
The Messier Object M36 is a Open Cluster which was discovered by Giovanni Batista Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654.
It has an angular size of 12 arc minutes.
Location:
M36 is located inside the constellation Auriga at Right Ascension
05 36.1 and Declination 34 08.
It is 4,100 light years from Earth making it the 26th furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
Compared to the other objects from the Messier catalog, M36 is a relatively bright deep space object
with a brightness rating of 6.3.
