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Messier 36
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Messier 36, also known as M36 or NGC 1960, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Auriga, about 1,330 parsecs from Earth. It was first observed by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna before 1654 as a nebulous patch, independently rediscovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749, and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764; the cluster closely resembles the Pleiades (Messier 45) and would appear similarly bright if it were at the same distance.
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