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![Globular cluster M92](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/M92-crop-768x725.png)
Globular cluster M92
Also in Hercules, M92 is often passed over for its larger and more dazzling neighbor, M13. But M92 is pretty in its own way! It’s also one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy (over 11 billion years old) and has some very interesting background galaxies around it too.
![M106 and some of its buddies](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/M106-2-768x655.png)
M106 and some of its buddies
The galaxy M106 is an interesting one; it’s large and relatively bright – about the same size as Andromeda. And it’s in a busy part of the sky, within Canes Venatici, with lots of galactic neighbors. This image has been enhanced with Hydrogen emission data; that’s what the red dots and tendrils are. There’s one…
![Triangulum Galaxy (M33)](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/TriangulumProc-768x561.png)
Triangulum Galaxy
Part of our Local Group of galaxies, the Triangulum Galaxy (M33) is about 3 million light years away and the most distant object visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
![Horsehead and Flame Nebulas](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/HorseFlameColor-768x574.png)
The Horsehead and the Flame
I trained my telescope at this pair of nebulas in Orion for a total of 10 hours. On the right is the iconic Horsehead nebula – actually a dark cloud of gas in front of the illuminated nebula behind it. To the left is the Flame Nebula. In between, in the upper-left, is the bright…
!["Leo Triplet" of galaxies](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/LeoTrioColor-768x519.png)
The “Leo Trio” of galaxies
Three nearby galaxies: M65, M66, and NGC 3628. All three are spiral galaxies, viewed from different angles. You can guess which one is called the “Hamburger Galaxy” đŸ™‚
![Hickson 44 Galaxy Group](https://boldly-going.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hickson44-768x699.png)
The Hickson 44 Galaxy Group
This is a weird little cluster of galaxies – there are four in all, and each one is completely different. There’s a weird, S-shaped one that must have been messed up by its neighbors in the past, a somewhat normal-looking spiral galaxy, and elliptical, and another one that’s viewed edge-on. Galaxies that have interacted with…