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M11 - Wild Duck Cluster

Object: M11, NGC6705 - Wild Duck Cluster
Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Scutum (Sct)
Location: RA: 18h 51m 06s DEC: -06°16'00" (E 2000)
Brightness: 5.6
Size: 14'

The Wild Duck open cluster is visible in naked eye under transparent and dark sky. Small telescope will show many stars of 9 to 11 magnitude. Beautiful object in almost any size telescope, viewed at low magnification resembles a cluster of flying duck.
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