Two Messier objects - M18, a sparse open cluster, at left, 4230 light-years away,; and M17, the Swan or Omega Nebula, at right, 5 to 6 thousand light-years distant, both in Sagittarius.
Two Messier objects - M18, a sparse open cluster, at left, 4230 light-years away,; and M17, the Swan or Omega Nebula, at right, 5 to 6 thousand light-years distant, both in Sagittarius.