M7 (NGC 6475)


M7 (NGC 6475) is a very large cluster (twice the apparent size of the full moon) and quite bright. It's in the same field of view as lambda Scorpii, the scorpion's stinger: binoculars.

In the same field, just northwest of M7, is M6, the second finest cluster in the constellation, somewhat fainter than its neighbour.


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