Messier Object 37, M37

Messier Object 37, M 37

Open Cluster in Auriga

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
Although Messier 37 (M37, NGC 2099) is the brightest of the 3 open clusters in southern Auriga, this cluster was missed by Le Gentil when he rediscovered M36 and M38 in 1749, so that it was to Charles Messier to find this one independently on September 2, 1764. Generally unknown until 1984, all three clusters had been previously recorded by Hodierna before 1654..