Wild Duck Cluster
A rich cluster in Scutum whose brightest stars form a V, like a flight of ducks.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Open star cluster
- Distance
- 6,200 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 5.8, a sight for binoculars
- Size in the sky
- About a quarter of the width of the full Moon
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Catalogue
- M 11, NGC 6705
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Near it in the sky
- Eagle NebulaA nebula in Serpens, about a fist away.
- Omega NebulaA nebula in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Small Sagittarius Star CloudA star cloud in Sagittarius, about a fist away.
- Sagittarius ClusterA globular cluster in Sagittarius, about a hand span away.
- Trifid NebulaA nebula in Sagittarius, about a hand span away.