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Proper Name	Salt and Pepper Cluster
Messier Number	M37
NGC/IC Number	NGC 2099
Constellation	Auriga
Right Ascension	5h 52m 18s
Declination	+32° 33' 12"
Distance	4,400 light years 1,350 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +1.2 Absolute: -4.3
Diameter	Apparent: 24' 00" Actual: 30 light years
Number of Stars	150
Optimum Visibility	December / January
Notes	One of three rich open clusters that lie on the line of the Milky Way as it passes through southern Auriga, M37 contains at least five hundred stars in a region some thirty light years across.

The Salt and Pepper Cluster or M37 is one of a complex of open clusters, all more than 4,000 light years away in the direction of our Galaxy's outer rim.

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