Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga

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.

Available Resources for Messier 37 - Open Cluster in Auriga

• Photometric information of Messier 37
• Apparent size of Messier 37
• Digitized Sky Survey image of Messier 37
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of Messier 37.
• Rise ans set times of Messier 37 from your location.

Photometric information of Messier 37

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).

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

Apparent size of Messier 37

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.

Digitized Sky Survey image of Messier 37

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 0.38x0.38 degrees (22.8x22.8 arcmins).

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of Messier 37

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of Messier 37 are provided in the following table:

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°.

Rise ans set times of Messier 37 from your location

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