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M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster
One of the richest, most compact and most massive open clusters known;  estimates range from 3,700 to 11,000 solar masses.  Radius 95 light-years.  6,120 light-years away, in the constellation Scutum.  Supposedly the cluster resembles a flying flock of ducks, although as far as I can tell it could just as well be geese, crows or magpies.

M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster

One of the richest, most compact and most massive open clusters known; estimates range from 3,700 to 11,000 solar masses. Radius 95 light-years. 6,120 light-years away, in the constellation Scutum. Supposedly the cluster resembles a flying flock of ducks, although as far as I can tell it could just as well be geese, crows or magpies.




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Filename:M11_20220702_RGB1.jpg
Album name:27telp / Star Clusters
Location and Date:OCA Site near Anza, California - 7/2/2022
Equipment:Celestron RASA-11 scope, ZWO ASI2600MC one-shot color camera, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, Borg Mini-50 guidescope, Starlight Xpress Ultrastar guiding camera
Settings:10 5-minute exposures, bin1x1
Notes:Software: Capture - Sequence Generator Pro, Guiding - PhD2, Processing - PixInsight 1.8.9, Adobe Photoshop CC
Filesize:1527 KiB
Date added:Aug 02, 2022
Dimensions:1999 x 1540 pixels
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Image Description:M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster. An open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, the Shield.
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