Description
Overview:
Messier Object M17 is a Cluster with Nebula which was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745-1746.
It has an angular size of 11 arc minutes.
Location:
M17 is located inside the constellation Sagittarius at Right Ascension
18 20.8 and Declination -16 11.
It is 5,000 light years from the planet Earth which makes it the 31st furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
In relation to other objects from the Messier catalog, M17 is a relatively bright deep sky object
with a visual magnitude of 7.
