M24 - The Sagittarius Star Cloud (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: 12.75 · 412 Elisabetha · B304 · B307 · B92 · B93 · IC 4715 · LBN 51 · LBN 52 · LDN 322 · LDN 323 · LDN 327 · LDN 328 · LDN 331 · LDN 332 · LDN 335 · LDN 336 · LDN 342 · M 24 · NGC 6567 · NGC 6603 · PK011-00.2 · PK012-02.1 · Sh2-39 · Sh2-41 · Y Sgr

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M24 - The Sagittarius Star Cloud

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

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Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

I think M24 is the only Messier object that is considered a star cloud. It is referred to as the Sagittarius Star Cloud and is in the constellation of Sagittarius. It is sometimes known as the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud to distinguish it from the Great Sagittarius Star Cloud located to the north of Gamma Sagittarii, however, at 600 light years wide it does not seem small.

It is comprised of stars, clusters and other objects which are part of the Sagittarius arms of the Milky Way galaxy. M24 fills a space of significant volume to a depth of 10,000 to 16,000 light-years. This is the most dense concentration of individual stars visible using binoculars, with around 1,000 stars visible within a single field of view (source: wikipedia).

This is the 97th Messier object I have obtained for my catalog, only 13 more to go...

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RA (center)	18h18m23s.22
RA (top/left)	18h24m01s.97
RA (top/right)	18h13m10s.29
RA (bottom/right)	18h12m41s.69
RA (bottom/left)	18h23m39s.65

Dec (center)	-18°24′16″.6
Dec (top/left)	-17°37′13″.8
Dec (top/right)	-17°28′08″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	-19°10′39″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	-19°19′52″.5

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