Messier 50.
Cúmulo abierto (galáctico) en la constelación de monoceros.
Coordenadas AR: 07:02:40,47 (hh:mm:ss) Dec: -08:21:50,5 (º:’:»)
Magnitud aparente: 5,90
Identificador ngc: 2323
WIKIPEDIA:
Messier 50 (también conocido como M50 o NGC 2323) es un cúmulo abierto en la constelación Monoceros. Fue descubierto quizá por Giovanni Cassini antes de 1711 e independientemente descubierto por Charles Messier en 1772. El M50 está a una distancia de unos 3.000 años luz desde la Tierra.
CRÉDITO IMÁGENES: Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.
