Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scutum (Sct)  ·  Contains:  Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski  ·  M 11  ·  NGC 6704  ·  NGC 6705  ·  Wild Duck Cluster
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Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster, SoundIdea
Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster
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Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster

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Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster, SoundIdea
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Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster

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The Wild Ducks Cluster, also known as the Salt and Pepper Cluster, is a fairly large dense open cluster located just to the east of the Scutum star field, which is part of the band of the Milky Way. In this image, I've tried to highlight the vast number of stars in this region of the night sky, to give the subject some context.

This is also first light on my new camera the ZWO ASI-2600MC-Pro, an APS-c format cooled one-shot color camera.

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Messier 11 - The Wild Ducks Cluster, SoundIdea