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NGC 2281 · Broken Heart Cluster

NGC 2281 · Open cluster · Auriga

Broken Heart Cluster

Herschel 400

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Auriga
Position (J2000): 6h 48m 18s · +41° 04′ 44″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1788

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 5.4; visual
Size: 10.8′
Distance: ~1,800 ly
Best months: Dec–Feb

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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