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M 79

Globular cluster · Lepus

M 79

Also known as NGC 1904

Messier 79

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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Lepus
Position (J2000): 5h 24m 11s · −24° 31′ 27″
Discovered: by Pierre Méchain in 1780

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.16; visual
Size: 7.2′
Distance: ~42,000 ly
Best months: Nov–Jan

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

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