Delle Caustiche (M24)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 90 arcminutes across.

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From Jacksonville , Delle Caustiche is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:26 (EDT), 34° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:18, 41° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:51, when it sinks below 19° above your south-western horizon.

Name Delle Caustiche (M24)
Object type Asterism
Other names
Delle Caustiche
The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud
M24[1]
Position
Right ascension:18h16m [1]
Declination:−18°29' [1]
Constellation:Sagittarius
Magnitude:4.60 (V) [1]
Distance:3.1 kpc
10.0 klyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-7.83

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