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M 17 North

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Right ascension: 18h 20m 40.19s
Declination: −16° 09′ 29.0″
Galactic l, b: 15.094, -0.7149
Angular size: 10.7′ × 10.7′

Also known as

9 identifiers

[LL72] M 17 NGAL 015.095-00.71GAL 015.1-00.7[HLR76] IRe 2aM17NM 17 NorthM 17-NorthM17 North Cloud[WFJ79] M17 b

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 6618 B 47	Star	18.09″	—
BGPS G015.097-00.734	smmRad	68.99″	—
AGAL G015.111-00.712	YSO	70.85″	—
Cl* NGC 6618 HCS 12556	YSO	85.13″	19.5
NGC 6618 337	YSO	92.61″	11.29
2MASS J18203626-1610550	YSO	103″	14.57
BD-16 4818	YSO	105.4″	10.03
NGC 6618 414	YSO	108.7″	13.22
NGC 6618	OpenCluster	109.7″	—
Cl* NGC 6618 B 152	YSO	123.5″	—
Cl* NGC 6618 B 108	YSO	124.7″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-17-north · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.