Astronomy Adventure – Messier 11
Messier 11, also known as the Wild Duck cluster, is an open cluster in the constellation Scutum. While visually resembling many globular clusters in may ways, Messier 11 is actually one of the most compact open clusters as opposed to the more disperse IC 4665 in the previous post, containing nearly 3000 stars in all.
Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
Magnification: ~30x
Camera: iPhone6 using NightCap Pro; ISO 8000;