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Object Information

Messier 23

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is an open cluster of stars within the Milky Way, located about 2,000 light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: A Cluster of Stars.
Distance: 20,400,000,000,000,000 km.