Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scutum (Sct)  ·  Contains:  Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski  ·  M 11  ·  NGC 6705  ·  Wild Duck Cluster
M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson
M11 - Wild Duck Cluster
Powered byPixInsight

M11 - Wild Duck Cluster

M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson
M11 - Wild Duck Cluster
Powered byPixInsight

M11 - Wild Duck Cluster

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Wild Duck Cluster is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters. It is one of the most massive open clusters known, and it has been extensively studied. Its age has been estimated to about 316 million years - Wikipedia

Just 18 subs @ 90s, distinctly different amount of light capture with ed80 compared to my Mak!

Comments

Revisions

  • M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson
    Original
  • M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson
    B
  • Final
    M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson
    C

B

Description: Data taken a year ago and I was only a few months into AP. I have no idea about post-processing now but back then I literally was stabbing at the keyboard lol.
I think this attempt is much better and have undone the crop as there were some interesting structures in the star field that were worth keeping - looks like dark nebula to me. I suppose with a lot more integration than 27 minutes, I may be able to make this less grainy.
CS
Brad

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Bradley Watson

In these public groups

N.I.N.A. Users