Another dark night and two more Messier objects nabbed. This time I found a nice globular cluster and the Blackeye Galaxy in Coma Berenices. M53 was easy as it is quite close to alpha com. A little 'flyswatter' asterism helps to pin it down. The cluster was a fairly bright fuzzball in my 25mm ep. Occasional pinpoints could be seen in it. M64 was a bit harder but not too bad. One hop to find 35 39 and 40 com and M64 is in between 35 and a group of three 7th mag stars including SAO 82591. Its an elongated fuzzball in my 25mm ep with a hint of a dark spot just off center. It was a nice dark night and fairly warm for a change with a clear view of Virgo off in the ESE. My neighbor's yard light is pretty annoying though.
Last night was cold but clear and I was able to nab M101, a large irregular nebulus galaxy in Ursa Major. Saturn was high over the house and heat waves made it hard to see anything there. Only saw two of its moons.
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