M11 - Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum

Dear group,

I have generally avoided imaging the southern sky and especially at low altitudes since I have problems with both the seeing as well as serious light pollution from the national highway which joins northern Greece with Athens.

Just for the heck of it I thought I would go after M11 - aka Wild Duck cluster - in Scutum It is one of the richest and most dense open clusters in our galaxy and is somewhat of a challenge to image. For a result based on just two hours total time, please see
www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-6705.htm (the image is hyperlinked and leads to a higher analysis version of the same).

Anthony.

Fabulous colour contrast.
If you think its low from your location, you should see it from here.!

Thanks Dave.

Rest assured that YOUR low(er) altitude for this DSO is something that crossed my mind as I was posting the initial message!

Anthony.

Fantastic image Anthony, I love the colours in the cluster and how it's almost lost in the myriad of stars surrounding it.

Thanks for sharing.

Paul

Very nice shot Anthony.
I love the Wild Duck Cluster.
It was the first cluster I looked at through a scope
and has become a faveourite of mine.

It's nice to see it again...

Gents,

Thanks for all the kind words!

Anthony.