Sunday 5 October 2014

Wild ducks take flight in open cluster

SKY NIGHTLY
Wild ducks take flight in open cluster
Paris (SPX) Oct 03, 2014 - Messier 11 is an open cluster, sometimes referred to as a galactic cluster, located around 6000 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield). It was first discovered by German astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1681 at the Berlin Observatory, appearing as nothing more than a fuzzy blob through the telescope. It wasn't until 1733 that the blob was first resolved into separate sta ... more


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