Messier 37
M37 · NGC 2099
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Object
- Type (NASA)
- OC
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.6 mag
- Apparent size
- 24 ′
Source:NASA HEASARC (Goddard Space Flight Center) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- At magnitude 5.6 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- It spans about 24′ of sky — about the same as the full Moon's 31′.
- It lies in Auriga — find the constellation first to know where to look.
Worked out from this object's official values.