NGC 2546
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NGC 2546 is a Southern open cluster
in Puppis
, discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.
Open cluster
An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way Galaxy, and many more are thought to exist...
in Puppis
Puppis
Puppis is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is the Latin word for the poop deck of a ship, and Puppis represents the deck of the ship and its deckhouses...
, discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.