Wild Duck Cluster
E459047
The Wild Duck Cluster is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, notable for its dense population of young stars that resemble a flock of ducks in flight.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deep-sky object
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open star cluster ⓘ stellar cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 220 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M11
NERFINISHED
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Messier 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6705 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 14 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | 5.8 ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Scutum Star Cloud region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn |
binoculars
ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ |
| catalogInclusion |
Messier Catalogue
NERFINISHED
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New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
many B-type stars
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red giant stars ⓘ |
| coreConcentration | high ⓘ |
| declination | −06° 16′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Gottfried Kirch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1681 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 1,800 parsecs
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about 6,000 light-years ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | low ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | Population I stars ⓘ |
| hasTrumplerClassification | rich, highly concentrated open cluster ⓘ |
| is | one of the richest open clusters known ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic disk
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Scutum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | several thousand solar masses ⓘ |
| messierNumber | 11 ⓘ |
| metallicity | slightly above solar ⓘ |
| morphologicalAppearance | rich and compact ⓘ |
| ngcNumber | 6705 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearance resembling a flock of ducks in flight
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dense population of young stars ⓘ |
| numberOfStars | several thousand ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
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optical wavelengths ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 18h 51m ⓘ |
| usedFor | studies of stellar evolution in open clusters ⓘ |
| visibilitySeason |
northern autumn
ⓘ
northern summer ⓘ |
| visibleFrom |
Northern Hemisphere
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Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Scutum