Messier 93

Also known as M93

open cluster

AI overview

Messier 93 is an open cluster, which is a group of stars held together by gravity that formed around the same time from the same cloud of gas and dust. Astronomers study open clusters like this one to better understand how stars form and evolve over time.

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Key facts

Right ascension: 07 44 30.0
Declination: −23 ° 51 ′ 24 ″
Distance: 3.38 kly (1.037 kpc )
Apparent dimensions v: 10′
Mass: 723 M ☉
Radius: 10 ly
Estimated age: 387.3 Myr
Other designations: NGC 2447, Cr 160, OCl 649.0
Constellation: Puppis

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 1037
Radius: 10
Image: Messier object 093.jpg

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catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 1324
Commons category: Messier 93
Commons gallery: Messier 93
time of discovery or invention: 1781-03-20
apparent magnitude: 6.2
spectral class: I
radial velocity: 22.37
right ascension: 116.1250
declination: -23.8567
parallax: 0.9603
metallicity: -0.05
right ascension component of proper motion: -3.568
declination component of proper motion: 5.043

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Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447 or the Critter Cluster, is an open cluster in the modestly southern constellation Puppis, the imagined poop deck of the legendary Argo.

Observational history and appearance