Heart Shaped Cluster
- Acquisition Details
- Captured Date: 12/21/2025
- Total Integration Time: 50 mins
- Location Information
- Constellation: Monoceros
- Coordinates (RA,DA): 105.756, -8.376
- Pixel Scale: .992 arcsec/pixel
- Distance: 2870 Light-years
- Catalogue Designations
- Messier: M50
- NGC: 2323
- Equipment Used:
- Mount: iOptron CEM70
- Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 250P
- Guider Type: Off Axis Guider
- Guider Camera: ZWO ASI220MM Mini
- Focuser: ZWO EAF
- Main Camera: ZWO ASI071MC One Shot Color
is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Monoceros. It was recorded by G. D. Cassini before 1711 and independently discovered by Charles Messier in 1772[b] while observing Biela’s Comet. It is sometimes described as a ‘heart-shaped’ figure or a blunt arrowhead. 1