# Messier 48

> Open cluster in the constellation Hydra

**Wikidata**: [Q13951](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13951)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_48)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/messier-48


## References

1. M 48. SIMBAD
2. SIMBAD
3. VizieR
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. [Charles Messier's Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters](http://messier.seds.org/xtra/history/m-cat.html)
7. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
8. [Messier 48](http://messier.seds.org/m/m048.html)
9. Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams
10. A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters
11. On the metallicity of open clusters
12. Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters
13. The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy
14. Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog