# Messier 46

> open cluster

**Wikidata**: [Q13910](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13910)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_46)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/messier-46


## References

1. SIMBAD
2. VizieR
3. [Messier 46](http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m046.html)
4. On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters
5. A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
7. Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
8. On the metallicity of open clusters
9. Integrated parameters of star clusters: a comparison of theory and observations
10. The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy