Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  M 48  ·  NGC 2548
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Messier 48 (M48) is an open star cluster located in Hydra, the largest constellation in the sky. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 5.5 and lies at a distance of 1,500 light years from Earth. It has the designation NGC 2548 in the New General Catalogue.

The concentrated central region of M48 stretches across an area more than 30 arc minutes in size.

Charles Messier added the cluster to his catalogue on February 19, 1771. However, M48 was considered one of the lost Messier objects for a long time because the coordinates provided by Messier did not match those of NGC 2548; his declination was off by 5 degrees.

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M48, Richard Beck

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