Early morning globulars.

[cotterless45]

Quite poor seeing conditions, compounded by my cup of tea getting frozen over.....bbbbbrrrrr!

M53 is beside the base star of Coma Bernices to the rear of Leo. It's compact with a very close companion NGC5053 cluster which I couldn't find.

M3 is similarly compact and midway between Cor Corioli and Arcturus. These will take x100 to give a bright core and explosion of outer stars .

Rising in the northeast was Hercules and M13. It was good to see this and the Corona between Arcturus and Vega.

I tried for the Virgo,Leo and Coma galaxies, but it wasn't that good in the Dob.

The open cluster M67 sparked in Cancer and this and the Beehive could be seen by eye,reached for my half cup of tea ,but it had frozen,neat,

Nick.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice captures. NGC 5053 is very faint, and has a surface brightness lower than NGC 2419 (the intergalactic wanderer), which can be hard enough. I have yet to find it.

[Double Kick Drum]

Ah yes NGC 5053. Dark site job there me thinks.

Never seen it in many attempts.

Thanks for sharing.

[estwing]

well done nick..nothin worse than the dissapointment of your last gulp of tea gone cold!!!

[James]

It got to -6 here last night but I drank my tea long before it could freeze As I was packing up last night I spotted Arcturus had risen so my last object of the night was M3. I never tire of looking at globulars. I have seen NGC5053 but it's not easy from where I am and I've only seen it from a darkish site. That's got to be one of the earlier sightings of M13!!

James

[kirkster501]

+1 for globulars. Not many to see in winter though unless you're up very early (or stay up very late).

[rory]

+1 for globulars, they are my favourite objects.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

+1 for globulars, they are my favourite objects.

They are my favourite objects too, along with planets, galaxies, planetary nebulae, diffuse emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, open star clusters, dark nebulae, moons, comets, meteors, and stars (including the sun)

[KevUU]

Quite poor seeing conditions, compounded by my cup of tea getting frozen over.....bbbbbrrrrr!

Crikey, that's some dedication!

Still, 2 good nights amidst the rubbish lately so perhaps best to get full use of them. Good going Nick.

[Mr Q]

The globs Nick mentioned are my favorites in the summer skies when my skies are still dark, unlike those of the U.K., in the summer. I feel for you guys not having dark skies during the summer, when lots of DSOs are visible, especially in Saggitarius, Scorpio and on up along the Milky Way. But as Nick did, you got to do what you have to in order to see these objects when your sky is dark - frozen tea or not

[Astro_king]

nice report.. I love coffee with globs it has that weird exciting effect!