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Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:14 | Tran: 14:44 | Set: 0:14
Alt: -1.64°   Az: 25.78°   Direction: North-North-East

Messier 37 is a Open Cluster in the Auriga constellation. Messier 37 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 5.6, Messier 37 is easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of Messier 37 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.3800x0.3800 degrees (22.80x22.80 arcmins).

Image of Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga star
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DSS2 image of Messier 37 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (11.4 arcmin) and minor (11.4 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 53m 57s
+32° 33’ 26”
14h 04m 11s
19h 58m 09s

J2000

05h 52m 18s
+32° 33’ 10”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Messier 37 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga.

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Finder chart for Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of Messier 37 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

6.19
5.6

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports Messier 37 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Messier 37 is a visual representation of it.
11.4 arcmin
11.4 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.4°
Max altitude: 71.1°
Azimuth: 302.6°