Jun 18, 2025
M23 // Jarrod Rueff
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M23 // Jarrod Rueff
Open cluster of stars , Messier 23 or NGC 6494
Northwest of the southern constellation of Sagittarius
Distance: 2.149 light years
Jun 30 2023 -Montcada i Reixac
M23 // Remi Lacasse
M23 // Ian Parr
The unnamed open cluster M23 is about 2,000 light years away and contains a few hundred stars. This is an older open cluster, clocking in at about 330 million years old. Discovered by Messier in 1764, Admiral Smyth called it "an elegant sprinkling of telescope stars".