The Sky Today on Wednesday, August 13: The Wild Duck Cluster flies overhead

The Wild Duck Cluster, also cataloged as M11, flies high in Scutum this evening about two hours after sunset. Around 10 P.M. local daylight time, you can find it some 40° high in the south, some 3° west-southwest of the tail feathers of Aquila the Eagle. As an open cluster, M11’s stars are young, estimatedContinue reading “The Sky Today on Wednesday, August 13: The Wild Duck Cluster flies overhead”
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