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Open cluster M18 in Sagittarius

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-aou66-13002

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 21 cm

M18 (NGC 6613) is an open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It contains only a couple of dozen members, about 5000 light-years away and quite young, only around 30 million years old.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ASTRONOMY - M18 - NGC 6613 - OPEN CLUSTER - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -