Open Cluster · M36

M36 — NGC 1960

M36 is one of three striking open clusters in Auriga (along with M37 and M38), about 4,100 light-years from Earth. It is the youngest and smallest of the trio, containing about 60 stars dominated by hot blue B-type stars only 25 million yea

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