Category Archives: Dark Sky

Journeys into dark sky conservation, light, mind, and meaning.

Messier 11

M11 (NGC 6705) is an open cluster in the constellation Scutum commonly known as the Wild Duck Cluster.

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Here’s the stars:

by Mark Bailey

The picture was taken with a modified Canon Rebel on a TEC 140 from the Alpenglow-Torrey House Observatory in the dark sky community of Torrey, Utah (Bortle 2-3) on October 24, 2022. 10 2-minute frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker = 20 minute exposure.

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