The Wild Duck Cluster, catalogued as Messier 11, is an open star cluster in the constellation Scutum, discovered by the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1681 and later included in Charles Messier's catalogue in 1764. Its popular name comes from the arrangement of its brighter stars into a triangle that has been likened to a flying flock of ducks, and it sits just east of the Scutum Star Cloud.
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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2. Wikidata: Wild Duck Cluster
Wild Duck Cluster (Wikipedia)
Wild Duck Cluster, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield).
Wild Duck Cluster, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield).
In Group: Open Clusters, Lead sentence
The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield).
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