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Messier 21 or M21, also designated NGC 6531 or Webb's Cross, is an open cluster of stars located to the north-east of Sagittarius in the night sky, close to the Messier objects M20 to M25 (except M24). It was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier on June 5, 1764. [7] This cluster is relatively young and tightly packed.
Messier 18 or M18, also designated NGC 6613 and sometimes known as the Black Swan Cluster, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 and included in his list of comet -like objects. [ 8 ]
National Center for Advanced Manufacturing "Michoud Assembly Facility". GlobalSecurity.org. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. LA-24, "Michoud Assembly Facility, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA", 49 photos, 8 measured drawings, 81 data pages, 9 photo caption pages
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. [ 3 ] Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects in 1764.
Messier 47 (M47 or NGC 2422) and also known as NGC 2478 [3] is an open cluster in the mildly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and in his then keynote work re-discovered by Charles Messier on 1771. [a] It was also independently discovered by Caroline Herschel.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Globular Cluster M22 from CFHT (27 June 2005) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: M22 and the Wanderers (April 12, 2018) Merriefield, Mike. "M22 – Globular Cluster". Deep Sky Videos. Brady Haran. Messier 22 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation Aquarius which was long thought to be a small open cluster. It lies several arcminutes east of globular cluster M72. According to Gaia EDR3, the stars are 1030 ± 9, 1249 ± 10, 2170 ± 22, and 2290 ± 24 light-years from the Sun, with the second being a ...
Messier 46 or M46, also known as NGC 2437, is an open cluster of stars in the slightly southern constellation of Puppis. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1771. Dreyer described it as "very bright, very rich, very large."