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M 11 · Wild Duck Cluster

M 11 · Open cluster · Scutum

Wild Duck Cluster

Also known as NGC 6705 · Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski

Messier 11

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Scutum
Position (J2000): 18h 51m 06s · −6° 16′ 12″
Discovered: by Gottfried Kirch in 1681

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 5.8; visual
Size: 9′
Distance: ~6,100 ly
Best months: Jun–Aug

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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