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 →
Here, There & In My Chair: M1
HERE: M1, the Crab Nebula, shot March 2024 from Brandon, SD with my Seestar S50 camera scope. Crab Nebula: Deep Space Objects from Every Angle It's early autumn here in the States. Nights are getting cooler, and darker for longer. And I'm taking advantage of clear, still evenings to plot a few hours course around... Continue Reading →
