Picture of the Week

This week’s image is of what I think is the most beautiful open cluster in the sky. Not because of the cluster itself, but due to its surroundings. This is the magnificent Wild Duck Cluster, Messier 11, immersed in the awe-inspiring Scutum star cloud. This image was taken in a single evening years ago with the Sky90 and M26C OSC CCD. I have meant to go back to this one time and time again but have either forgotten or had bad weather over the best imaging weeks. I MUST get onto this again with the 200mm lenses and some nice deep 15-minute subs, but unfortunately I think I might be too late AGAIN this year. I will get it right as soon as I can!

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