Wild Duck Cluster

Captured by Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal

Astrophotography information

Astrophotography Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal
Observing location Saint Martin (21 North 92 East)
Exposure time -72 Seconds
Telescope Unistellar eQuinox 1 (Ashwin 1)
Camera Sony IMX224, 1.27 MPX
Field of view (resolution) 0.61° x 0.46° (1.72 arcsec/pixel)
Image processing  Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal
Image processing method 1. Stack
2. Background extraction
3. Plate solve
4. SPCC
5. Star removal
5. Stretching
7. Star re-composition
8. Denoising
9. Sharpening
10. HDR processing for galaxy core.
11. Masked stretching.

Astrophysical information

Object type Open Star Cluster
Constellation Scutum
Distance 6,120 ly
Angular size 22.8 arcminutes
Physical size 19-23 ly
Apparent magnitude 5.8