Star clusters in Sagittarius
49 CATALOGUEDStars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.
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The 49 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Sagittarius. Everything else in Sagittarius →
IC 1290
Stellar association
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Sagittarius
M18
Open cluster
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4874 ly
6.90 V
Sagittarius
M21
Open cluster
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3944 ly
5.90 V
Sagittarius
M22
Globular cluster
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10 437 ly
6.17 V
Sagittarius
M23
Open cluster
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2359 ly
5.50 V
Sagittarius
M25
Open cluster
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2114 ly
4.60 V
Sagittarius
M28
Globular cluster
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18 591 ly
6.90 V
Sagittarius
M54
Globular cluster
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85 453 ly
7.70 V
Sagittarius
M55
Globular cluster
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17 286 ly
6.49 V
Sagittarius
M69
Globular cluster
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26 745 ly
8.31 V
Sagittarius
M70
Globular cluster
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28 376 ly
9.06 V
Sagittarius
M75
Globular cluster
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60 013 ly
8.26 V
Sagittarius
MWSC3156
Globular cluster
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11.54 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6440
Globular cluster
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26 093 ly
10.10 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6469
Open cluster
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5294 ly
8.20 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6476
Stellar association
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Sagittarius
NGC 6506
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
NGC 6507
Open cluster
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9.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6520
Open cluster
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5570 ly
7.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6522
Globular cluster
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22 831 ly
9.48 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6528
Globular cluster
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24 136 ly
10.65 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6529
Stellar association
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Sagittarius
NGC 6540
Globular cluster
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11 415 ly
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Sagittarius
NGC 6544
Globular cluster
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8154 ly
9.90 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6546
Open cluster
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8.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6553
Globular cluster
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15 329 ly
9.08 B
Sagittarius
NGC 6554
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
NGC 6556
Stellar association
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Sagittarius
NGC 6558
Globular cluster
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20 874 ly
11.29 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6561
Open cluster
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4769 ly
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Sagittarius
NGC 6568
Open cluster
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3380 ly
8.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6569
Globular cluster
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27 723 ly
9.47 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6573
Stellar association
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Sagittarius
NGC 6583
Open cluster
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7378 ly
10.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6596
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
NGC 6603
Open cluster
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9235 ly
11.10 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6624
Globular cluster
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25 766 ly
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Sagittarius
NGC 6638
Globular cluster
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26 745 ly
9.68 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6642
Globular cluster
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24 788 ly
10.24 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6645
Open cluster
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5706 ly
8.50 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6647
Open cluster
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8.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6652
Globular cluster
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30 659 ly
9.75 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6698
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
NGC 6716
Open cluster
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2274 ly
7.50 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6717
Globular cluster
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23 157 ly
10.35 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6723
Globular cluster
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28 049 ly
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Sagittarius
NGC 6737
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
NGC 6774
Open cluster
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Sagittarius
Small Sgr Star Cloud
Stellar association
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4.50 V
Sagittarius
49 OBJECTS