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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 2126
Constellation	Auriga
Right Ascension	6h 2m 38s
Declination	+49° 52' 59"
Distance	c.3,900 light years c.1,200 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +10.2 Absolute: 0.0
Diameter	Apparent: 6' Actual: 6 light years
Number of Stars	c.20
Optimum Visibility	January (Usually visible from northern latitudes)
Notes	A small open cluster of about twenty stars lying northeastward of bright Capella in Auriga. The blue star HR 2112 appears to outshine the others in the cluster, but in fact this is a foreground star about a tenth of the distance from Earth that happens to lie on the same line of sight as NGC 2126.

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