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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
M50
NGC 2323
A
galactic star cluster
in the southern parts of
Monoceros
, a little to the north and east of the bright
star
Sirius
. M50 itself is nearly 3,000
light years
from
Earth
, and is marginally too faint to be seen with the naked eye.
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