Saturday, November 21, 2020

Messier 50: the Heart Shaped Cluster


Messier 50 Heart Shaped Cluster
Messier 50 
Pleasant Hill, CA 11/7/20

Messier 50 (M50), nicknamed the Heart-Shaped Cluster, is a large, bright open cluster located in the constellation Monoceros. The cluster has an apparent magnitude of 5.9 and lies at an approximate distance of 3,200 light years from Earth.