Captured M53 in Coma Berenices—58,000 light-years away. A dense globular cluster, imaged from home.
Category: Globular Cluster
M 71 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagitta, located roughly 13,000 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late July.
M 56 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lyra, located about 32,600 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid July.
M 5 is a bright globular cluster in the constellation Serpens, located about 25,400 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early May.
M 92 is a bright globular cluster in the constellation Hercules, lying about 29,100 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early June.
My astrophoto of the rather rarely photographed globular cluster in the constellation Hercules: Messier 92. Now new: with session analysis!
M 3 is a bright globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici, lying about 32,600 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid April.
Clearly rounder and less inflated stars. The development of the new material from last summer has paid off.
Messier 3 – One of the bright globular clusters in spring. Here a one-hour-integration with my VISAC astrograph.
M 53 is a globular cluster in the constellation Coma Berenices that reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early April.