Open Cluster · M38

M38 — NGC 1912

M38 is the northernmost and largest-appearing of the three Auriga open clusters, about 4,200 light-years away. It contains about 100 brighter stars and some evidence of a loose cross or pi (π) shape in the arrangement of its stars. It is in

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