Messier 93 or M93, also known as NGC 2447, is an open star cluster in the southern constellation Puppis. It was discovered by Charles Messier then added to his catalogue of comet-like objects in 1781. Caroline Herschel, the younger sister of William Herschel, independently discovered it in 1783, thinking it had not yet been catalogued by Messier. M93 shines at Magnitude 6.2 is about 3, 380 light years away, and the cluster spans 20 light years across. It's a brighter cluster and Easily visible in Binoculars or a small telescope. Captured from observatories at JBSPO in Yellow Springs, Ohio. | |
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