Wild Duck Cluster

Astrophotography · Solar System

Wild Duck Cluster

Captured by Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal

The object · NGC 6705

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Astrophotographic information

Photographer
Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal
Observing location
Saint Martin (21 North 92 East)
Exposure
-72 Seconds
Telescope
Unistellar eQuinox 1 (Ashwin 1)
Camera
Sony IMX224, 1.27 MPX
Field of view
0.61° x 0.46° (1.72 arcsec/pixel)
Image processing
Md. Shahadat Hossain Shahal
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

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