M11 The Wild Duck Cluster in 60 seconds

[cometcatcher]

Another milky way cluster of stars - M11 The Wild Duck Cluster.
Just 60 seconds, Canon 1100Dfs, 10" F4 Newtonian.

Bigger at Astrobin ---> http://astrob.in/305600/0/

[Suzy]

This is an awesome cluster!
Nice pic Kev, I love it when I see star cluster pics as there doesn't seem to be that many taken, keep on snapping :D.

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Suzy. That's true, clusters are largely ignored aren't they, except for the big 2 Omega C and T47. Some are quite nice too.

[gaseous]

Lovely shot Kevin, M11 is always a visual favourite of mine. It almost looks like a loose globular in your photo.

[Atmos]

60s really isn't a lot of time but it has turned out well :)

Won't be long before I am going to go on a bit of an open cluster frenzy, want to snap as many as I can in a single night. All of the Milky Way ones anyway :P

[ChrisV]

That's heap's enough exposure. So much I'm getting a tan from it !


Really nice. 10" F4 looks like a good option. Same fov as my 8" but faster

[cometcatcher]

Thanks Patrick. It kind of looks like a cross between a glob and open doesn't it.



Cool. What sort of exposure were you thinking for each one Colin?



Thanks Chris. The extra speed comes with some problems though. F4 is a it of a pain I'm finding.

[Atmos]

I'm thinking maybe half an hour per cluster.

[cometcatcher]

That would do a decent job of it.