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M 40

Double star · Ursa Major

M 40

Also known as M 40

Messier 40

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Type: Double star
Constellation: Ursa Major
Position (J2000): 12h 22m 16s · +58° 05′ 04″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8; visual
Distance: ~460 ly
Best months: Feb–Apr

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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