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Messier 24 |
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 | Messier 24 is not a "true" deep sky object, but a huge star cloud in Milky Way, a pseudo-cluster of stars spread thousands of light years along the line of sight, perceived through a chance tunnel in the interstellar dust. They form a portion of a spiral arm of our galaxy. This is a nice bright patch of the Milky Way, with several bright stars resolved. These stars form a cigar or flying saucer shaped asterism. Behind the stars is the fairly bright glow of our galaxy. Several colors of stars were visible. |
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Little Star Cloud M24 NGC 6603 Other description: Open cluster dense. Constellation: Sagittarius Dreyer description: Remarkable!, cluster, very rich in stars, very much compressed, round, stars of magnitude 15 (Milky Way). Magnitude: 11.0 RA: 18h 18m 39.6s Dec: -18°25'01" RA: 18h 18m 24.0s Dec: -18°25'00" (Epoch 2000) Azm: 170°46'29" Alt: +24°48'41" Rise: 20:24 Transit: 01:10 Set: 05:51 Size: 5.0' |