M12 Gumball Globular Cluster in Ophiuchus 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 30, Gain = 15 of 250, Whitepoint = 150 M12 is a bright magnitude 7 globular cluster with a fairly distinctive appearance; a very loose collection of stars at two levels of brightness uniformly distributed and mostly…

M10 Globular cluster in Ophiuchus 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 21, Gain = 25 of 250 M10 appears to be a slightly lop-sided globular cluster with its brightest stars leaning more in the east direction. The core appears fairly condensed however there is a brighter and looser collection…

M5 Rose Cluster in Serpens 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 25, Gain = 15 of 250 The Rose Cluster is a bright relatively sparse globular cluster in the outer regions with a condensed central core, spanning about 20 arc minutes; it’s true physical size is 160 light years…

M3 Globular cluster in Canes Venatici 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 25, Gain = 15 of 250, Whitepoint = 220 M3 is a very brilliant and richly populated globular cluster, appearing about 10 arc minutes across with a bright 2-3 arc minute core. Relatively sparse on the outer…

M16Eagle Nebula in Serpens 10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducerExposures = 7-10-15-19 sec, Live Stacked frames = 30-20-10-10 (70 total), Gain = 12 of 250 M16 is a star-forming region about 70 light years across and 5700 light years distant. The eagle-shaped outline is clearly visible south-east of the star cluster associated with…

NGC 6664 Santa’s Sleigh Cluster in Scutum 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 15, Gain = 10.35 of 250 A bright open star cluster, NGC 6664 (also Collinder 385 and Melotte 209), known as Santa’s Sleigh or Teacup Cluster, is composed of a couple dozen 10th magnitude stars that…

M53 Globular cluster in Coma Berenices 10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposure = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 10, Gain = 30 of 250 M53 is a beautiful symmetric globular located relatively distant at 60,000 light years away. Overall apparent size is about 10 or so arc minutes from the looser outer edges across the…

M13Great Globular in Hercules 10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducerExposures = 1.5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 60, Gain = 150 of 250  The combination of brightness and number of stars that resolve across the face of this globular is probably what’s most impressive about M13. Distance listed as approximately 25,000 light years…

M100Blowdryer Galaxy in Coma Berenices 10.1” f/4.5   Mallincam DS432cTECExposures = 10-20 sec, Live-stacked frames = 50-40 (90 total), Gain = 15 of 250 Also known as the Mirror of M99, M100 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 55 million light years away. One of the largest galaxies in the Virgo Super Cluster, M100…

M100 Blowdryer Galaxy in Coma Berenices 10.1” f/4.5   Mallincam DS432cTEC Exposures = 10-20 sec, Live-stacked frames = 50-40 (90 total), Gain = 15 of 250 Also known as the Mirror of M99, M100 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located about 55 million light years away. One of the largest galaxies in the Virgo Super…