Messier 25
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Radius | 10 light years |
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Apparent magnitude (V) | 4. 9 |
Distance | 2,000 ly (620 pc) |
Estimated age | 67. 6 million years |
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ID | 2374544 |
About Messier 25
Messier 25, also known as IC 4725, is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. The first recorded observation of this cluster was made by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and it was included in Charles Messier's list of nebulous objects in 1764.