Wild Duck Cluster

Summary

Wild Duck Cluster is an open cluster^[1]. It draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (open_cluster category, ranking #14 of 108).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wild Duck Cluster is credited with the discovery of Gottfried Kirch^[3].
• Wild Duck Cluster's image is recorded as Messier11.jpg^[4].
• Wild Duck Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• Wild Duck Cluster's constellation is recorded as Scutum^[6].
• Wild Duck Cluster's spectral class is recorded as II^[7].
• Wild Duck Cluster's part of is recorded as Milky Way^[8].
• Wild Duck Cluster's Commons category is recorded as Wild Duck Cluster^[9].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as M 11^[10].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6705^[11].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as OCl 76.0^[12].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 391^[13].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 213^[14].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as C 1848-063^[15].
• Wild Duck Cluster's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3008^[16].
• Wild Duck Cluster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1681-01-01T00:00:00Z^[17].
• Wild Duck Cluster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03s1j5^[18].
• Wild Duck Cluster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wild Duck Cluster^[19].
• Wild Duck Cluster's Commons gallery is recorded as Messier 11^[20].
• Wild Duck Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+6.32'}^[21].
• Wild Duck Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+5.8'}^[22].
• Wild Duck Cluster's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+31.7'}^[23].
• Wild Duck Cluster's metallicity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}^[24].
• Wild Duck Cluster's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+1877'}^[25].
• Wild Duck Cluster's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6705^[26].
• Wild Duck Cluster's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6705^[27].

Body

Geography

Wild Duck Cluster's part of is recorded as Milky Way^[8].

Designation and Status

Wild Duck Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include M 11^[10], NGC 6705^[11], OCl 76.0^[12], Collinder 391^[13], Melotte 213^[14], and C 1848-063^[15].

Why It Matters

Wild Duck Cluster draws 45 Wikipedia views per month (open_cluster category, ranking #14 of 108).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]