M38 - 2017 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: M 38 · NGC 1912 · PK172+00.1

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M38 is an open cluster located 3800 light years away in the constellation of Auriga at a declination of 36 degrees. It is a magnitude 6.4 cluster which spans 20 arc-minutes in our apparent view. This corresponds to a diameter of 22 light years.

This open star cluster, comprised of over 100 stars, has a mixture of bright blue stars and orange giants. I don't see the resemblance to a Starfish in its shape, but I would be hard pressed to identify a more representative name for this beautiful cluster. Others have suggested the Greek letter Pi, an irregular arrow and an oblique cross. The brightest star in this cluster is the yellow giant, shown towards the top of the image just to the right of center, with a magnitude almost 1000 times brighter than our Sun.

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RA (center)	05h28m35s.221
RA (top/left)	05h29m36s.537
RA (top/right)	05h30m16s.315
RA (bottom/right)	05h27m33s.133
RA (bottom/left)	05h26m55s.269

Dec (center)	+35°50′27″.39
Dec (top/left)	+35°19′01″.75
Dec (top/right)	+36°17′24″.14
Dec (bottom/right)	+36°21′51″.88
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°23′25″.29

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