I wanted to capture some new things last night. Unfortunately, the high clouds kept ruining the tracking, so there’s about 4-5 photos that were 60 seconds or less, which I’m not even going to bother uploading. All my shots ended up with the “enhanced vision disrupted” message; the longest I got was 27 minutes. The ones I kept, below, have been added to the star cluster and galaxy pages.
M5
13m
2025-06-09
This cluster’s core is so bright that it can sometimes be mistaken for a faint star by the naked eye.
M10
6m
2025-06-09
A nice little cluster, the bright core of stars is only 35 light-years across.
M94 – Cat’s Eye Galaxy
27m
2025-06-09
M94 is sometimes known as the Cat’s Eye Galaxy or the Croc’s Eye Galaxy, but it’s just M94 in the Unistellar catalog. I think this is one that could really benefit from a very dark night, from a high elevation, with no humidity. I was 0 for 3 last night, but still got a relatively nice image.
M98
14m
2025-06-09
Not a bad little spiral galaxy. The relatively short dwell time, high clouds, and three-quarters moon created a pretty poorly resolved image. Probably worth a re-visit.
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