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- Messier_41 abstract "Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the Canis Major constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known to Aristotle about 325 BC. M41 lies about four degrees almost exactly south of Sirius, and forms a triangle with it and Nu2 Canis Majoris—all three can be seen in the same field in binoculars. The cluster itself covers an area around the size of the full moon. It contains about 100 stars including several red giants, the brightest being a spectral type K3 giant of apparent magnitude 6.3 near the cluster's center, and a number of white dwarfs. The cluster is estimated to be moving away from us at 23.3 km/s. The diameter of the cluster is between 25 and 26 light years. It is estimated to be 190 million years old, and cluster properties and dynamics suggest a total life expectancy of 500 million years for this cluster, before it will have disintegrated.Walter Scott Houston describes the appearance of the cluster in small telescopes:Many visual observers speak of seeing curved lines of stars in M41. Although they seem inconspicuous on photographs, the curves stand out strongly in my 10-inch [reflecting telescope], and the bright red star near the center of the cluster is prominent.".
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- Messier_41 wikiPageID "936462".
- Messier_41 wikiPageLength "5136".
- Messier_41 wikiPageOutDegree "30".
- Messier_41 wikiPageRevisionID "706324650".
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink 2MASS.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Aristotle.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Canis_Major.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Astronomical_objects_discovered_in_1654.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canis_Major_(constellation).
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Messier_objects.
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- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Open_clusters.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Category:Orion–Cygnus_Arm.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Diameter.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Epoch_(astronomy).
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Giovanni_Battista_Hodierna.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Light-year.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink List_of_open_clusters.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Messier_object.
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- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink NASA.
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- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Red_giant.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Sirius.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Stellar_classification.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink Walter_Scott_Houston.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLink File:Messier_041_2MASS.jpg.
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLinkText "M41".
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLinkText "Messier 41".
- Messier_41 wikiPageWikiLinkText "Open Cluster M41".
- Messier_41 age "190000000".
- Messier_41 appmagV "4.5".
- Messier_41 caption "Credit: 2MASS/NASA".
- Messier_41 class "Open cluster".
- Messier_41 constellation Canis_Major.
- Messier_41 distLy "2300.0".
- Messier_41 distPc "710".
- Messier_41 epoch Epoch_(astronomy).
- Messier_41 name "Messier 41".
- Messier_41 names "M41, NGC 2287".
- Messier_41 radiusLy "12.5".
- Messier_41 sizeV "38".
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- Messier_41 subject Category:Astronomical_objects_discovered_in_1654.
- Messier_41 subject Category:Canis_Major_(constellation).
- Messier_41 subject Category:Messier_objects.
- Messier_41 subject Category:NGC_objects.
- Messier_41 subject Category:Open_clusters.
- Messier_41 subject Category:Orion–Cygnus_Arm.
- Messier_41 hypernym Cluster.
- Messier_41 type Language.
- Messier_41 type Catalogue.
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- Messier_41 type Redirect.
- Messier_41 comment "Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the Canis Major constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known to Aristotle about 325 BC. M41 lies about four degrees almost exactly south of Sirius, and forms a triangle with it and Nu2 Canis Majoris—all three can be seen in the same field in binoculars. The cluster itself covers an area around the size of the full moon.".
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