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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	M18
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6613
Constellation	Sagittarius
Right Ascension	18h 19m 57s
Declination	-17° 5' 20"
Distance	c.4,200 light years c.1,300 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.5 Absolute: -8.5
Diameter	Apparent: 9' Actual: 18 light years
Number of Stars	c. 20
Optimum Visibility	July
Notes	Part of the dense cloud of clusters and nebulae that lie in the direction of the Milky Way's core, M18 is a collection of young stars in a region some eighteen light years across, a little less than 5,000 light years from the Solar System.

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