StarHopper44 on 08-Jul-2010 13:07:39 GMT about NGC 6603
The identification of NGC 6603 (aka OCL 36, ESO 590-SC17) as M 24 [aka Small Sagittarius Star Cloud] is an error.
NGC 6603 is an nonassociated small (~4') faint (Vmag 11.1) foreground cluster of ~30 stars that lies within the star cloud's field at RA 18h 18m 24.0s Dec -18° 24' 24".
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