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M24
M24 — Sagittarius Star Cloud
Open Cluster
· SagittariusBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Open Cluster
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Right ascension
- 18h 16m 54s
- Declination
- -18° 29′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 4.6
- Angular size
- 90′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Jun-Sep
- Catalog IDs
- M24
About this target
Milky Way star cloud.