This is a framing of the Scutum Starcloud in the Milky Way, with the bright and rich Wild Duck Cluster, aka Messier 11, embedded in the Starcloud at u
This is a framing of the Scutum Starcloud in the Milky Way, with the bright and rich Wild Duck Cluster, aka Messier 11, embedded in the Starcloud at upper left. The smaller open star cluster M26 is at bottom centre; while the globular cluster NGC 6712 is at lower left, with the small green planetary nebula IC 1295 visible beside it to the left. The area is a study in contrasts between the rich starclouds of the Milky Way and the dark lanes of interstellar dust. The most prominent and densest of those is at upper right, Barnard 103. At top is B110. The general regime of interstellar dust in the region yellows the starfields. The field of view is about ° by 5°. This is a stack of 7 x 4-minute exposures with the Sharpstar 61mm EDPH Mark III refractor and Reducer for , and the Canon 6D DSLR camera at ISO 800, all on the ZWO AM5 mount autoguided with the ASIAir Mini, as part of testing the configuration. Taken on June 24/25, 2023 during the brief hour or so of semi-darkness on a very clear night near summer solstice from my latitude of 51° N.
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