Star clusters in Sagittarius

49 CATALOGUED

Stars born together and still travelling together — loose open groups, or ancient globes of hundreds of thousands.

RANKED LISTS
Brightest▸
Hyades — apparent magnitude 0.50 (V)
TOP 50
ALL CLASSESOPEN CLUSTER · 663GLOBULAR CLUSTER · 208STELLAR ASSOCIATION · 64
BY CONSTELLATION · 70 REGIONS
ALL SKYDORADO · 194MENSA · 68SAGITTARIUS · 49CYGNUS · 43SCORPIUS · 42TUCANA · 40PUPPIS · 37MONOCEROS · 35CASSIOPEIA · 33CENTAURUS · 27OPHIUCHUS · 26VELA · 24AURIGA · 19PERSEUS · 19AQUILA · 17CARINA · 17CEPHEUS · 15CANIS MAJOR · 14VULPECULA · 14GEMINI · 13SCUTUM · 13NORMA · 12ORION · 11TAURUS · 11ARA · 10CRUX · 9HYDRUS · 8LUPUS · 8LACERTA · 7SERPENS · 7ANDROMEDA · 5COMA BERENICES · 5TRIANGULUM · 5CAMELOPARDALIS · 4CANCER · 4CIRCINUS · 4COLUMBA · 4HERCULES · 4MUSCA · 4PEGASUS · 4AQUARIUS · 3DELPHINUS · 3HYDRA · 3LEPUS · 3LYRA · 3PYXIS · 3SAGITTA · 3APUS · 2CANIS MINOR · 2CAPRICORNUS · 2HOROLOGIUM · 2LYNX · 2PICTOR · 2BOÖTES · 1CANES VENATICI · 1CHAMAELEON · 1CORONA AUSTRALIS · 1DRACO · 1ERIDANUS · 1FORNAX · 1LIBRA · 1PAVO · 1RETICULUM · 1SCULPTOR · 1TELESCOPIUM · 1TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE · 1URSA MAJOR · 1URSA MINOR · 1VIRGO · 1VOLANS · 1

The 49 catalogued below lie inside the IAU boundaries of Sagittarius. Everything else in Sagittarius →

NAME▼
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
NGC 6558
Globular cluster
—
24 377 ly
11.29 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6556
Stellar association
—
—
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6554
Open cluster
—
4579 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6553
Globular cluster
—
17 391 ly
9.08 B
Sagittarius
NGC 6546
Open cluster
—
—
8.00 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6544
Globular cluster
—
8421 ly
9.90 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6540
Globular cluster
—
19 273 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6529
Stellar association
—
—
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6528
Globular cluster
—
25 535 ly
10.65 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6522
Globular cluster
—
23 793 ly
9.48 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6520
Open cluster
—
5571 ly
7.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6507
Open cluster
—
—
9.60 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6506
Open cluster
—
7553 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6476
Stellar association
—
—
—
Sagittarius
NGC 6469
Open cluster
—
5269 ly
8.20 V
Sagittarius
NGC 6440
Globular cluster
—
26 901 ly
10.10 V
Sagittarius
MWSC3156
Globular cluster
—
—
11.54 V
Sagittarius
M75
Globular cluster
—
66 918 ly
8.26 V
Sagittarius
M70
Globular cluster
—
30 535 ly
9.06 V
Sagittarius
M69
Globular cluster
—
29 028 ly
8.31 V
Sagittarius