M41

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6041.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6041. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M41 is a poor, nearby open cluster in Canis Maior. It is, with a visible magnitude of 4.6, comparatively bright, and there have been suggestions that it was first recorded by Aristotle in 325 BC. If this were true, M41 would be the faintest object recorded in antiquity. However, the reference is not entirely clear. It is clear that the cluster was both included in Hodierna's list of nebulous obje...

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