Marcio Aleksandravicius<p>Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud </p><p>.</p><p>Explanation: Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster, or nebula. It's a gap in nearby, obscuring interstellar dust clouds that allows a view of the distant stars in the Sagittarius spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy.</p><p>Image Credit & Copyright: Emmanuel Astronomono</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/M24Gap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>M24Gap</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/M24" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>M24</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Sagitarius" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sagitarius</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Gap" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gap</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Messier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Messier</span></a> <br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Science</span></a> <br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/TheTruthIsUpThere" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheTruthIsUpThere</span></a></p>