M25 (Messier 25) is also known as IC 4725; is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Sagittarius. The cluster is located near some obscuring features, with a dark lane passing near the center.
M25 is at a distance of about 2,000 light-years away from Earth and is 67.6 million years old. The spatial dimension of this cluster is about 13 light-years across. It has an estimated mass of 1,937 mass, of which about 24% is interstellar matter.
I took this picture while waiting for a nebula or galaxy to come into view. It is only 6 60 second frames. which is the cool thing about clusters. It does not take a lot of integration to get a good picture.
