Globular clusters are more less all the same – bunch of a few hundreds thousands stars packed in a sphere of 50-150 light years diameter, so pretty dense. If we live in a system placed in a glob...Read More
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
After few attempts with pretty low frame count I decided to reach a little bit easier target and pictured my first globular cluster. It is well known M13 in Hercules. Contains about 300 000 stars of d...Read More