I lucked out in catching Omega Centauri (C80 cluster) low in the North Carolina sky over the ocean in June. From Space Engine: A similar view of M2 from Earth. Here, There & In My Chair: C80 Part of the fun in my journey as "Telescoping Man" the past few years has been spending enough... Continue Reading →
M2 Globular Cluster in Aquarius
M2 star cluster, photographed from my backyard in September 2024. Here, There & In My Chair with Messier 2 There are, by my count, 42 star clusters in Charles Messier's famous list of 110 deep space objects that are "not comets." And I'll confess: unless you've got a Hubble or James Webb telescope lying around... Continue Reading →
