🔭 M73

Deep-sky object in Aquarius

M73 is a deep-sky object in the constellation Aquarius, with an apparent magnitude of about 9, roughly 2.5 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M73
Object type	Deep-sky object
Constellation	Aquarius
NGC / IC	NGC 6994
Apparent magnitude	9
Distance (approx.)	2.5 thousand light-years

What a deep-sky object is

A fainter or more ambiguous fuzzy patch in the sky — a star cloud, double star or object whose nature was debated long after Messier logged it as a comet-like smudge.

Other Messier objects in Aquarius: M2, M72.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.