M24: The Small Sagittarius Cloud
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M24 is a Messier object that isn't a deep space target, but instead describes a region of the sky so dense with stars it forms a cloud named the Small Sagittarius Cloud.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2021-09-06 to 2021-09-06 | |
| Lights: | 155 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 25 m | |
| Ra: | 18h 16m 56.9s | |
| Dec: | -18° 27' 36.204 | |
| Size: | 63.339 x 41.616 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.632 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.827 arcsec/pixel |