The Wild Duck cluster

eso_eso1430a October 1st, 2014

Credit: ESO

The Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile has taken this beautiful image of the open Wild Duck Cluster, Messier 11, or NGC 6705. The blue stars in the centre of the image are the young, hot stars of the cluster. The surrounding redder stars are older, cooler background stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1430a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M 11 • Wild Duck Cluster
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 51m 3.5s; DEC = -6° 15’ 33.1”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 35.6 x 25.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Scutum

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Infrared (I)	-
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (V)	-
MPG-2.2m (WFI)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1430a
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.1
Subject Name: M 11, Wild Duck Cluster
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2014-10-01T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1430a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument: WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 282.764535678, -6.25919963718
Reference Dimension: 8966.0, 6473.0

Reference Pixel: 4483.0, 3236.0
Scale: -6.61621631058e-05, 6.61621631058e-05
Rotation: 0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1430a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1430a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-09-05T17:17:05+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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