| Date/Place | 2016-12-30 at Elijah Observatory | |
| Scope | GSO RC10 Truss | |
| Camera | QSI583wsg | |
| Integration | RGB composition. RGB:6x600 sec. bin2 for each channel CCD Temp: -20°C | |
| Comment | It is an open cluster in the Auriga constellation. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654. M36 is at a distance of about 4100 ly away from Earth and is about 14 ly across. There are at least sixty members in the cluster. The cluster is very similar to the Pleiades cluster (M45), and if it were the same distance from Earth it would be of similar magnitude.(Text adapted from Wikipedia) |
