The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764 as Messier 24, is a dense star cloud in the constellation Sagittarius approximately 600 light-years across. It should not be confused with the separate Large Sagittarius Star Cloud, which lies about ten degrees to its south.
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