Astronomy: Wild ducks take flight in open cluster
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile has taken this beautiful image, dappled with blue stars, of one of the most star-rich open clusters currently known -- Messier 11, also known as NGC 6705 or the Wild Duck Cluster.