Description
Overview:
Messier Object M48 is a Open Cluster discovered by Charles Messier in 1771.
It has an angular size of 54 arc minutes.
Location:
M48 is located inside the constellation Hydra at Right Ascension
08 13.8 and Declination -05 48.
It is 1,500 light years from Earth making it the 8th furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
Compared to other Messier Objects, M48 is a relatively bright deep space object
with a visual magnitude of 5.5.
