| Description | Messier is credited with M62's discovery (#28) on June 4, 1779. He records: "Very beautiful nebula, discovered in Scorpio, it resembles a little Comet, the center is brilliant & surrounded by a faint glow.... M. Messier had already seen this nebula on June 7, 1771, without having determined the position where it is close to. Reviewed on on March 22, 1781.' <--> M62 is ranked 9th and 12th respectively for brightness and size. It's also considered one of the most irregular of the Messier GCs, originally reported by Herschel. Given the limited resolution of the Seestar image, it doesn't make sense to try to measure it here, but it's clearly elongated in my image along the 11 to 5 o'clock axis. This is another of my observations from the Ashokan Reservoir. At dec -30, M62 never really rises above my treeline (see M6) Altogether this is one of 6 Messier targets I managed from this site over the course of an hour and a half. |
