Messier 56 in Lyra
I always liked star clusters set against the stars of the Milky Way, and Messier 56 globular cluster is a perfect example of it. M56 is neither large…
NGC5466 globular cluster
NGC5466 is just another globular cluster. This one can be found in constellation Bootes. It is more less in the same distance from us (51,800 light…
M5 in snake's head
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…
Messier in the Arrow
Is there any Messier object in the Sagitta constellation? Maybe not everyone can tell immediately, but there is. Placed at the Milky Way stars there…
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…
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…
Messier number 3
M3 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.…
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…
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…
Premiere globular
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…