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Messier 26 is a group of stars that are gravitationally bound together and located relatively close to each other in space, known as an open cluster. Astronomers study objects like this to better understand how stars form and evolve together over time.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Part of
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Distance from Earth
- 1582
- Radius
- 22
- Image
- NGC 6694 PanS.jpg
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- Commons category
- Messier 26
- catalog code
- [KPS2012] MWSC 2987
- declination
- -9.3833
- discoverer or inventor
- Charles Messier
- time of discovery or invention
- 1764-07-20
- Commons gallery
- Messier 26
- apparent magnitude
- 8.0
- spectral class
- II
- right ascension
- 281.3250
- radial velocity
- 4.0
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -3.04
- declination component of proper motion
- -2.07
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