M11 The Wild Duck Cluster in 60 seconds

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

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 .

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

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 (Patrick)]

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

[Atmos (Colin)]

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

[ChrisV (Chris)]

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 (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by gaseous

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

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

Originally Posted by 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

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

Originally Posted by 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

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

[Atmos (Colin)]

I'm thinking maybe half an hour per cluster.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Originally Posted by Atmos

I'm thinking maybe half an hour per cluster.

That would do a decent job of it.