Tag: M13

Northern Summer Starts, Moon Joins Jupiter in Daytime, Venus Visits the Seven Sisters who Mark Maori New Year, and Hercules’ Highs!

This terrific image by Amir H. Abolfath shows a deep exposure of the sky surrounding the bright reddish star Antares, the heart of Scorpius, which shines over the southern horizon on late June evenings. Antares is within the bright orange region at lower left. To its right is the enormous globular star cluster Messier 4.…
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All Planets Apparent, Maori Matariki, the Moon in Morning, and Hercules on High!

The well-known Pleiades open star cluster (Messier 45) has long been the centre of indigenous star stories around the world, including South Pacific island groups. The Maori of New Zealand tie their new year to the appearance of the Pleiades in the pre-dawn sky during June/July. The area of sky shown here spans 2 degrees.…
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The Mid-spring Morning Moon Joins Gas Giants, a Minor Meteor Shower, and an Inner Planets Dance Begins!

This image of the globular star cluster Messier 3 in Canes Venatici was captured by Adam Block at the Mount Lemmon sky Center, University of Arizona. The area of sky shown spans a little more than the full moon’s diameter. Hello, May Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of May 2nd, 2021…
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Dark Nights’ Targets, Bright Pre-Dawn Planets Bracket a Globular Cluster, and a Moon and Planet Party in the Post-Sunset Sky!

This image of globular star cluster Messier 13 was captured by Martin Pugh of New South Wales, Australia. Left to right, it spans 40 arc-minutes, or 1.3 times the full moon’s diameter. The cluster, which could hold up to million yellow and blue stars, is approximately 23,000 light years away from our solar system. NASA…
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