Messier 24 (also M24, Sagittarius Star Cloud and IC 4715) is a magnitude +4.6 star cluster located 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Scutum.
The cluster was discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier on the 20th June 1764.
Right Ascension 18h 17m 00s, Declination -18° 29' 00"
The Sagittarius Star Cloud is M24 in the famed Messier catalogue - but can you really call it an object? Professor Mike Merrifield is an astronomer at the University of Nottingham.
