NGC 6357 · Star cluster with nebula · Scorpius

the War and Peace Nebula

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Type

Star cluster with nebula

Constellation

Scorpius

Position (J2000)

17h 24m 44s · −34° 12′ 05″

Discovered

by John Frederick William Herschel in 1837

Pictures

1

Size

3.9′

Best months

May–Jul

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.