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Messier 103

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is an open cluster of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy. These stars are thought to be about 25 million years old.



Facts and Figures


Object type: A Cluster of Stars.
Distance: 92,600,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 162,000,000,000,000 km.