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  2. Messier 69 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 69 or M69, also known NGC 6637, and NGC 6634, [9] [10] is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. [a] It can be found 2.5° to the northeast of the star Epsilon Sagittarii and is dimly visible in 50 mm aperture binoculars. The cluster was discovered by Charles Messier on August 31, 1780, the same night he ...

  3. NGC 6530 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 6530 is a young [8] open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, located some 4,300 light years from the Sun. [3] It exists within the H II region known as the Lagoon Nebula, or Messier 8, [9] and spans an angular diameter of 14.0′. [5]

  4. HD 168607 - Wikipedia

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    HD 168607 (V4029 Sagittarii) is a blue hypergiant and luminous blue variable (LBV) star located in the constellation of Sagittarius, easy to see with amateur telescopes.It forms a pair with HD 168625, also a blue hypergiant and possible luminous blue variable, that can be seen at the south-east of M17, the Omega Nebula.

  5. NGC 6563 - Wikipedia

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    The visual magnitude of the central star is 17.49 and its mass is estimated at 2.932 solar masses. Its surface temperature reaches 123 k K and its luminosity is equal to 69 times that of the Sun . The radius of the nebula is estimated at 0.122 pc and its age is equal to 6,350 years.

  6. HD 179949 - Wikipedia

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    It is a yellow-white dwarf (spectral class F8 V), a type of star hotter and more luminous than the Sun. The star is located about 90 light years from Earth and might be visible under exceptionally good conditions to an experienced observer without technical aid; usually binoculars are needed. The star HD 179949 is named Gumala.

  7. 9 Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    9 Sgr is the brightest star in the image, just left of the intense Hourglass Nebula core of the Lagoon Nebula.The scattering of stars on the left is NGC 6530.. 9 Sgr is a naked eye star lying in the direction of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8), very close to the central condensation of the Hourglass Nebula around Herschel 36.

  8. V356 Sagittarii - Wikipedia

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    V356 Sagittarii is an eclipsing binary star system in the southern constellation of Sagittarius, abbreviated V356 Sgr.It has a peak apparent visual magnitude of 6.84, which decreases to 7.66 during the primary eclipse and 7.24 with the secondary eclipse. [3]

  9. HD 165185 - Wikipedia

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    HD 165185 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius.It has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.94, [2] which indicates it is a sixth magnitude star that is faintly visible to the naked eye.