Description
Overview:
Messier Object M26 is a Open Cluster discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.
It has an angular size of 15 arc minutes.
Location:
M26 is located inside the constellation Scutum at Right Ascension
18 45.2 and Declination -09 24.
It is 5,000 light years from Earth making it the 31st furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
Compared to the other objects from the Messier catalog, M26 is a relatively dim deep space object
with a visual magnitude of 8.
