M11
Wild Duck cluster in Scutum

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10.1" reflector   43 x

Striking open cluster at low power. Pale white colour, with one bright star leading the V-shape of the "duck pack" on the eastern edge. What looks like thousands of stars that are on the verge of resolving gives a it a slightly nebulous look. There appears to be a slight dark rift on the north-east (lower-right) edge of the V.