Messier Object 38, M38

Messier Object 38, M 38

and Herschel H39-7

Image Information
Date Imaged	11/20/2006
Location Imaged From	Tierra del Sol , CA
Equipment	Telescope: Orion 80ED Mount: Meade 10" LX200 Camera: Canon Digital Rebel Focal Ratio: f/7.5
Exposure Information	3 X 300 seconds @ ISO 800
Messier 38 (M38, NGC 1912) is one of the three Messier open clusters in the southern part of constellation Auriga. Lying only 2.5 degree northwest (preceding) of M36, this cluster was silently discovered by Hodierna before 1654, and independently found by Le Gentil in 1749. Charles Messier included it in his catalog on September 25, 1764.