I'm familiar with Coma Berenices from
last summer, but I was excited to get to know it a little better with a few objects on the
May 2014 observing list. The Coma Star Cluster, or Mel 111 from the Melotte catalogue, is an open cluster of stars that sort of reminds me of the Hyades because of it's vague heart or V shape. This is a very busy piece of sky, but most of the stars are not visible to the naked eye from my location in central Indiana.
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| Coma Star Cluster, stack of 21 subs each at ISO 3200, 300mm, f/5.6, 1 sec with Canon T5i on fixed tripod |
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| Coma Star Cluster (Mel 111) with labels |
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| Crop from above photo, 16 Comae Berenices (16 Com) looks especially cool with its 3 faint neighbors |
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