GlennLeDrew
(Pooh-Bah)
07/07/08 09:37 PM
Re: Binocular Icon 25 : Messier 39 and company.

I've read that M39 is of about the same age as the Ursa Major cluster (the latter lying at ~70 l-y from us) and also shares its space motion. If true, this makes for a very widely separated "double cluster", reminiscent of the situation for the Hyades and M44.


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