Naked eye & binocular targets
If you can stay up late enough for it to get dark, June’s night sky offers some fascinating treats… Messier 92
This globular cluster, more than 100 light years across, is overshadowed by bigger, brighter M13 to its south, but is a beautiful object in its own right. A pair of binoculars will show it as a tiny, smoky ball on clear, Moon-free nights.
Epsilon Lyrae
Often called ‘The Double Double’ Epsilon Lyrae is a pair of fifth magnitude stars, very close to brilliant Vega, that some keen-eyed observers can split with the naked eye under perfect observing conditions, but most people need binoculars to split the very attractive pair.
Vega (Alpha Lyrae)
Shining at magnitude 0, Vega is the fifth-brightest star in the sky.…
