Description
Overview:
The Messier Object M7 is a Open Cluster discovered by Ptolemy in 130 AD.
It has an angular size of 80 arc minutes.
Location:
M7 is located inside the constellation Scorpius at RA
17 53.9 and Declination -34 49.
It is 800 light years from Earth which makes it the 4th furthest Messier Object from Earth.
Brightness:
In relation to other objects from the Messier catalog, M7 is a bright deep sky object
with a visual magnitude of 4.1.
