Description
Overview:
Messier Object M37 is a Open Cluster discovered by Giovanni Batista Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654.
It has an angular size of 24 arc minutes.
Location:
M37 is located within the borders of the constellation Auriga at RA
05 52.4 and Declination 32 33.
It is 4,400 light years from the planet Earth making it the 29th furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
Compared to the other objects from the Messier catalog, M37 is a bright deep space object
with a brightness rating of 6.2.