🔭 M7

Open cluster in Scorpius

M7 is a open cluster in the constellation Scorpius, with an apparent magnitude of about 3.3, roughly 0.98 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M7
Object type	Open cluster
Constellation	Scorpius
NGC / IC	NGC 6475
Apparent magnitude	3.3
Distance (approx.)	0.98 thousand light-years

What a open cluster is

A loose, young family of a few dozen to a few thousand stars born together from the same gas cloud and drifting apart over time. The Pleiades are the most famous example.

Other Messier objects in Scorpius: M4, M6, M80.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.