M11

E459049

M11 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, also known as the Wild Duck Cluster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M11 canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object
NGC object
open star cluster
age about 220 million years
on the order of 200 million years
alsoKnownAs Messier 11 NERFINISHED
NGC 6705 NERFINISHED
Wild Duck Cluster NERFINISHED
angularSize 14 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 5.8
appearance compact
rich
triangular star pattern resembling a flock of ducks in flight
belongsTo Scutum Star Cloud region NERFINISHED
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
bestViewingSeason summer
cataloguedBy Charles Messier NERFINISHED
clusterType rich open cluster
constellation Scutum NERFINISHED
contains B-type main-sequence stars
giant stars
many F-type main-sequence stars
coreConcentration high
declination −06°16′
discoveredBy Gottfried Kirch NERFINISHED
discoveryMethod telescopic observation
discoveryYear 1681
distanceFromEarth about 1.8 kiloparsecs
about 6000 light-years
galacticLatitude −2.8 degrees (approximate)
galacticLongitude 27.3 degrees (approximate)
hasTrumplerClassification Trumpler 2.2R NERFINISHED
locatedIn Galactic disk
Milky Way
mass several thousand solar masses
messierNumber 11
metallicity near-solar
ngcNumber 6705
numberOfStars several thousand
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
rightAscension 18h51m
usedFor studies of mass segregation in star clusters
studies of stellar evolution in open clusters
visibility resolved into stars with small telescopes
visible in binoculars under dark skies

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Subject: M11
Description of subject: M11 is a rich, compact open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, also known as the Wild Duck Cluster.

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