Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  M 38  ·  NGC 1907  ·  NGC 1912
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Messier 38, Oliver Czernetz
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Messier 38

Messier 38 (also known as M38 or NGC 1912) is an open cluster in the Auriga constellation.

At its distance of 4,200 light years, its angular diameter of about 20' corresponds to about 25 light years.

Data:

Gerhard Molinaro (Wagna - Austria)

24x240s RGB

22x240s Darks

Additional data: POSS-II Survey (R, B, IR)

Image Assembly and Processing: Oliver Czernetz

Software: Fits Liberator, Deep Sky Stacker, RegiStar, Photoshop CS5E

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The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.

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