Category: Globular clusters
Messier in the Arrow
Is there any Messier object in the Sagitta constellation? Maybe not everyone can tall immediately, but there is. Placed at the Milky Way stars there is M71 globular cluster. Quite bright and easy to c... Read More
Stars overflow
Palomar catalogue is a set of fifteen globular clusters discovered during POSS program. Few of them are pretty obscured with Milky Way dusts, and one of them is Palomar 10 cluster shown in the picture... Read More
Whole bunch of stars
M92 globular cluster has been discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1777. He wrote then: “A nebula. More or less round with pale glow. On this occasion, I also want to announce that on December 27,... Read More
Messier number 3
Messier 3 is a globular star cluster in constellation of Canes Venatici. It is an impressive one, only a little bit smaller than well known M13 in Hercules. Contains about half of million stars and is... Read More
Yet another starfield
Yesterday between dusk and astronomical night I shot a few warm up frames. One of them was Messier 71 globular cluster in Sagitta constellation. It is only one 5 minutes exposure with new 130mm apogun... Read More
Hercules globule analyzed
Messier 13 – this is the name of the brightest globular cluster visible in northern hemisphere in constellation Hercules, that is also called sometimes Hercules Globular Cluster. Apparent bright... Read More
Hercules Globules – update
Hercules constellation is famous among astronomy amateurs because of the largest globular cluster that can be seen in the northern hemisphere. It is M13 and contains about 300 000 stars and is abo... Read More