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David Hoskin
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

07/25/2022
11:00 pm

Equipment Details:

Orion ED80T-CF refractor with OVL field flattener, ZWO ASI183MC camera with Optolong L-Pro filter, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount.

Post-processing Details:

Twenty 3-minute lights plus calibration frames were stacked using DeepSkyStacker; other post-processing was with Siril, Photoshop CS2 plus Astronomy Tools plugin, and PhotoScape X.

Image Details:

The Wild Duck Cluster (Messier 11) is an open star cluster located in the constellation Scutum. Its name comes from the cluster's rough V-shape. The Wild Duck Cluster is densely populated, containing over 2,900 stars. It is 6,200 light years from Earth.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!