A wide-field image centred on the constellation Scutum, the shield. Messier 11, the Wild Duck Cluster can be found in the centre of this image.

Date: July 29, 2011
Location: Metchosin Cricket Field, Metchosin, BC
Optics: Sigma 85mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Mount: Takahashi EM-11
Exposure: 44 light frames of 90 seconds, f/2, ISO 200
Light frames calibrated with dark and flat frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax excluded average.