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| Messier 24, the Sagittarius Star Cloud; E-200; 20x120 |
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| Messier 24 with Labels |
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Messier 24, the Sagittarius Star Cloud
Messier 24 is a region of the Sagittarius Arm that is relatively free of the obscuring dust that normally blocks our view of the plane of the Milky Way. It gives us a glimpse of the densely populated region near the center of the galaxy. A few objects of note within Messier 24 are open cluster NGC 6603, and two dark nebulae cataloged by E. E. Barnard.
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