Wild Duck Cluster, M11, and M26

The Wild Duck Cluster (M11) is an open cluster like Pleiades only ten times further at 5,500 light-years.  The cluster located in the constellation Scutum contains a few thou sand stars as opposed to globular clusters which contain tens to hundreds of thousands of stars and are much older. The name comes from a 19th century English Naval Officer, Admiral Smyth, who thought the cluster resembled a flock of wild ducks. (source: Earthsky.org)

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M11 - The Wild Duck Cluster
Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 08/22/16 10:30 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: None
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 34 x 90 sec (51 min)
ISO: 800
Temp: 32 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom

M26 is also an open cluster in the constellation Scutum is approximately 22 light-years across and 5,000 light-years distant.  The cluster contains 229 stars making much smaller than its neighbor, M11. (Source: AstroPixels.com, Wikipiedia)

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M26
Location: Happy Frog Observatory, Monroe, CT
Date/Time: 08/22/16 11:30 pm
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T3i, Backyard EOS
Telescope: Orion ED80 80mm f/7.5 Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Barlow: None
Focal Length: 600mm
f/7.5
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G GoTo Telescope Mount
Filter: None
Autoguiding: QHY-5L-II-M attached to and Orion Short Tube 80mm
Exposure: 21 x 90 sec (31 min)
ISO: 800
Temp: 32 C
Post Processing: Deep Sky Stacker, Photoshop, Lightroom