Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  M 52  ·  NGC 7654
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M52

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M52

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This object is an open cluster located in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, which provides a nice Milky Way field background of stars. It lies about 5,000 light years from earth and has an apparent size to us of slightly less than half a full moon. It contains about 200 stars. A number of large red giants are seen in the image.

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M52, Gary Imm

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Messier Catalog (Complete)