Astronomical object name:

m17 (18:20:25.992 -16:10:36.120 FK5 J2000) Open (galactic) Cluster

View maps of the area around m17:

• Radio via SkyView (408 MHz)
• Microwave via Google Sky (WMAP)
• Infrared via Wikisky (IRAS)
• Optical via Wikisky (DSS)
• Optical via Google Sky (DSS)
• UV via Wikisky (GALEX)
• X-ray via Wikisky (RASS)
• Photo via Wikisky (AstroPhoto)

Search for images of m17 by astrotag (what's that?) or within Astrophotography.

Finder chart (10×10 arcmin) from the Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner Catalog.

Find recent papers on astro-ph or papers on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS).

Further information about m17 from Simbad

Alternate Output

• XML: http://www.jodcast.net/lookUP/xml/?name=m17
• JSON: http://www.jodcast.net/lookUP/json/?name=m17
• AVM microformat: http://www.jodcast.net/lookUP/avm/?name=m17

Notes on output formats.