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IC 2391

IC 2391 is an open cluster in the constellation Vela consisting of hot, young, blueish stars, some of which binaries and one of which is a quadruple. Persian astronomer A. a.-R. al-Sufi first described it as "a nebulous star" in c. 964. It was... Wikipedia
Apparent magnitude (V): 2.5
Constellation: Vela
Distance: 574 ly (176 pc)