Sagittarius Cluster
One of the nearest and brightest globular clusters, a ball of old stars just above the Teapot of Sagittarius.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Globular star cluster
- Distance
- 10,600 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 5.1, visible to the eye from a dark site, easy in binoculars
- Size in the sky
- About a third of the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Catalogue
- M 22, NGC 6656
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Near it in the sky
- Small Sagittarius Star CloudA star cloud in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Lagoon NebulaA nebula in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Trifid NebulaA nebula in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Omega NebulaA nebula in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Kaus AustralisA blue-white giant in Sagittarius, about a fist away.