

M17, <a href="http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/HawaiianStarlight/AIOM/English/CFHT-Coelum-AIOM-Dec2002.html">pictured above</a>, 
is visible with binoculars towards the 
<a href="http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm"
>constellation</a> of <a href="
"http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Sagittarius.html""
>Sagittarius</a>, lies 5000 
<a href="http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/questions/question19.html"
>light-years</a> away, and spans 20 light-years across. 

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