Saturn

Gas Giant Saturn

Cool Space Stuff

As the weather starts to turn it was cool to get a couple more deep space objects photographed before the clouds roll in on a semi-permanent basis.

Messier 2

Herschel's Garnet Star

Recent Seeing

New Toy, Clear Sky!

First time out with the NexStar 6SE.

Moonscapes

Indoor Astronomy

M5

M5 - The Rose (star) Cluster

This object is very challenging to find due to it's location - it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere halfway between Virgo's right foot and Serpens. Star-hopping is difficult with this one. Here are a few views of M5 using various settings. Also included is a video of M5 when all of a sudden a Starlink satellite zips by. Kinda cool.