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Messier 21

Messier 21 or M21, also designated NGC 6531 or Webb's Cross, is an open cluster of stars located to the north-east of Sagittarius in the night sky, close to the Messier objects M20 to M25. It was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier on... Wikipedia
Distance to Earth: 4,240 light years
Apparent magnitude (V): 6.5
Distance: 3,930 ly (1,205 pc)
Estimated age: 6.6×106 years
Mass: 783.4 M