The Scutum Star Cloud

There are several parts of the Milky Way where no dust blocks our view, the Scutum Star Cloud is one of those. E. Barnard called this region the “Gem of the Milky Way”. The large galactic star cluster at the center of the image is M11, the Wild Duck Cluster. It is situated at the northern edge of the star cloud.

The Summer Milkyway and Mars, standard-lens photograph.
M11 - Wild Duck Cluster, Wright-Newtonian photograph.

Exposure Data

Instrument: Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4 telephoto lens
F/stop: 5.6
Exposure: 23 minutes
Film: Kodak Ektachrome E200
Date: June 16, 2001
Exposure start: 2:13 MESZ
Location: Zell near Fahrafeld, Lower Austria
Conditions: Visual limiting magnitude 5.6 mag (decreasing), seeing ?, temperature 14°C, no wind, no dew
Autoguider: Meade Pictor 216 XT, max. error 1
Enhancement: Adobe Photoshop 5.0
Notes: Photograph taken during morning twilight.

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