Wild Duck Cluster
Open cluster in the constellation Scutum
Also known as Messier 11 · M11
- Instance of
- Part of
Overview
All data
31 statements · 84% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Discovered
- 1681
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- 1681
- Catalog code
- M 11 catalog: Messier object
1
- NGC 6705 catalog: New General Catalogue
1
- OCl 76.0 catalog: Catalogue of Star Clusters and Associations
1
- Collinder 391 catalog: Collinder catalogue
- Melotte 213 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 1848-063 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
1
- [KPS2012] MWSC 3008 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
1
- M 11 catalog: Messier object
- Distance from Earth
- 1,877 pc
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- 1,877 pc
- Right ascension
- 282.7708 degree
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- 282.7708 degree
- Declination
- -6.27 degree
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- -6.27 degree
- Radial velocity
- 31.7 kilometre per second
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- 31.7 kilometre per second
- Metallicity
- 0.16
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.23 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- 1.31 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
3 identifiers linking Wild Duck Cluster across the web's reference databases