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M 17 SW

StarFormingReg SIMBAD SFR 284 papers

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Right ascension: 18h 20m 23.10s
Declination: −16° 11′ 43.0″
Galactic l, b: 15.029, -0.6721

Also known as

4 identifiers

M 17 SWM 17(SW)M17-SWM 17SW GMC

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 6618 GBL 2	YSO	5.034″	—
[JDG98] 2	Maser	5.102″	—
[WWS2012] G015.04-00.68	denseCore	9.524″	—
[JDG98] 1	Maser	15.7″	—
[JDG98] 3	Maser	19.8″	—
Cl* NGC 6618 B 310	YSO	20.26″	—
AGAL G015.030-00.669	denseCore	20.53″	—
IRAS 18174-1612	HIIReg	21.81″	—
[CW98] IRS 5	Infrared	21.81″	—
2MASS J18202460-1611394	YSO	21.91″	—
Caswell CH3OH 015.03-00.68	Maser	23.39″	—

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