My Spacelab in Space

Messier Marathon Part 4 (Globular clusters and open clusters to sunrise)

First, while waiting for these objects to rise, I snapped the following shot of Saturn:

Saturn 1

By this point of the evening, most of the people had packed it up. Only four of us remained by about 3 AM. At this point, we start hitting the globular clusters. First is M5:

M5

I got the shot of M13 with my autoguider:

M13 Zoom

Then M92, another bright glob in Hercules:

M92

M107 in Ophiuchus:

M107

M12 in Ophiuchus:

M12

M10 in Ophiuchus:

M10

And M14 in Ophiuchus:

M14

A quick break from the globs to get M57, the Ring Nebula:

M57

And back to the globs with M56 in Lyra:

M56

M9 in Ophiuchus:

M9

M4 in Scorpius:

M4

M80 in Scorpius:

M80

Next two open clusters in Cygnus. M29, called the Stubby Dipper:

M29

And M39:

M39

M71 is another glob in Sagitta:

M71

Then M27, the Dumbbell Nebula:

M27

M19 in Ophiuchus:

M19

And M62 in Ophiuchus:

M62

The quality of these shots gets significantly worse as we get closer to the horizon and sunrise. I got M11, the Wild Duck Cluster:

M11

And M26, and open cluster in Scutum:

M26

Next is the early morning objects.

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