Observation by Mazin Younis: The Wild Duck Cluster

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Mazin Younis

Observer

Mazin Younis

Observed

2022 Jul 29 - 01:30

Uploaded

2022 Jul 30 - 13:03

Objects

The Wild Duck Cluster (M11)

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Constellation

Scutum

Field centre

RA: 18^h51^m
Dec: -06°15'
Position angle: +122°51'

Field size

1°58' × 1°20'

Equipment

Esprit 100ED Pro
ASI 294MC-Pro

Exposure

20 frames @ 240s each

Location

My remote telescope, Morocco

Title

The Wild Duck Cluster

About this image

It is one of the richest and most compact open clusters, nested within the Milky Way in Scutum.

To appreciate it more see it in higher Res HERE.

Files associated with this observation

Wild_Duck.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Callum Potter, Jeremy Shears, Grant Privett, Simon Paul Davis, Richard Sargent, David Basey

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