IC 4665

Magnitude 4.2 open cluster located 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745. It is one of the brightest clusters not to be cataloged by Charles Messier or William Herschel, probably because it is so loose and coarse.

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