Messier 25

Messier 25 (M25, also known as IC 4725 ) is one of the five brightest open cluster in the summer constellation of Sagittarius ( Sagittarius ). He has a brightness of 4.6 mag and an angular extent of 32 '.

Some degrees west - almost in the center of the Milky Way - the small Sagittariuswolke ( M24 ) and 23 of the M25 with comparable star cluster Messier

See also: Messier Catalog

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