Globular Cluster

Messier 19 (M19) – The NGC 6273 Globular Cluster

Located in the constellation of Ophiuchus, some 28,700,000 light years from Earth, lies the faint globular cluster known as Messier…

8 years ago

Messier 15 (M15) – The Great Pegasus Cluster

Located in the Pegasus constellation, some 33,600 light years from Earth, is the M15 Great Pegasus Cluster, one of the…

8 years ago

Messier 14 (M14) – the NGC 6402 Globular Cluster

In the constellation of Ophiuchus lies the M14 globular cluster, a loose concentration of stars spanning 100 light years, 300,000…

8 years ago

Messier 10 (M10) – The NGC 6254 Globular Cluster

Located in the equatorial constellation Ophiuchus, M10 is one of the brighter globular clusters in the night sky, and the…

8 years ago

Messier 5 (M5) – The NGC 5904 Globular Cluster

In the late 18th century, Charles Messier was busy hunting for comets in the night sky, and noticed several “nebulous”…

8 years ago

Put Yourself in the Way of Beauty

Oh my, oh my. Rolando Ligustri captured this scene last night as Comet Q2 Lovejoy swished past the globular cluster…

9 years ago

Diamond Pinpricks: Gorgeous Shot Of Star Group That Once Baffled Astronomers

Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…

10 years ago

So. Many. Stars…

Infrared image of globular cluster 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) captured by ESO’s VISTA telescope. "My god, it's full of stars!" said…

11 years ago

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: July 16-22, 2012

Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! My satellite dish and internet connection has now returned from the land of Oz. While it was…

12 years ago

Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: June 4-10, 2012

[/caption] Greeting, fellow SkyWatchers! It's gonna' be a great week! We start off with a partial lunar eclipse of the…

12 years ago