Winnecke 4 (also known as Messier 40 or WNC 4) is an optical double star consisting of two unrelated stars in a northerly zone of the sky, Ursa Major. The pair were discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 while he was searching for a nebula that had been reported in the area by Johannes Hevelius.

May 13, 2015 · M40 is located about 1.5 degrees northeast of Megrez and 17 arc minutes northeast of 70 Ursae Majoris, an orange giant star with a visual magnitude of 5.54. Winnecke 4 can be seen in 10×50 binoculars, but is better viewed in 20×80 binoculars or small telescopes.

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Messier 40 (WNC 4), also known as the Winnecke 4, is a double star located in the constellation Ursa Major, in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies. M40 is 1,100 | 460 light years away from Earth.

M40 is one of three curiosities in the Messier catalogue (along with M73 and M102). It's a faint double star in the constellation of Ursa Major that was discovered by Charles Messier on October 24, 1764. Messier was searching for a nebula reported in the area by Johann Hevelius.

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Messier 40 or M40 (also designated Winnecke 4 or W) is an optical double star in the constellation Ursa Major. Its combined magnitude is 8.4 and the angular separation of the two components is 0.8 arc-minutes.