The Scutum Starcloud (at top) in the Milky Way, with the Milky Way also bright to the south in Serpens. The nebulas M16 and M17 are at the bottom of the field. The bright star cluster M11, the Wild Duck Cluster, is at the top on the northern edge of the Scutum Starcloud. The area is rife with dark nebulas and dust lanes. This is a stack of 6 x 3-minute exposures with the 85mm Rokinon lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800 plus an additional exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter to add the star glows. Tracked on the Star Adventurer tracker which tracked very well through all the exposures.
Scutum star cloud with M11 at top and M26 at bottom. Taken with Canon 20Da camera at ISO 400 and Canon 200mm L Lens at f/4 and for 6 minutes. Stack of four exposures. Taken from Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia, July 2006.
Scutum starcloud with M11 Wild Duck Cluster at top, open cluster Messier 26 at bottom right, and NGC 6712 globular cluster at bottom left, with small green object being the planetary nebula IC 1295. The red star in the centre is S Scuti. Taken Aug 1, 2011 from home with Borg 77mm f/4 astropgraphic apo refractor, and Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 for stack of 3 x 10 minute exposures. An IDAS V3 deep-sky filter was employed which likely discolored the overall tint.
