[4] The stars, clusters and other objects comprising M24 are part of the Sagittarius or Sagittarius-Carina arms of the Milky Way galaxy.

[5] The location of the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud is near the Omega Nebula (also known as M17) and open cluster Messier 18, both north of M24.

It holds a collection of numerous types of stars that are visible through the galaxy's obscuring band of interstellar dust.

This star is an Alpha-2 Canum Venaticorum variable, showing small changes in brightness as it rotates.

Located within a spiral arm of the Milky Way, Messier 24 holds some similarities with NGC 206, a bright, large star cloud within the Andromeda Galaxy.