M45 - M103

M45. Visible with the naked eye and best framed in the finder. With the 40 mm eyepiece in the main scope: Cluster of stars, very bright, very large, irregular, bright and faint stars. Poor, well detached, little compressed.

M52. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this cluster is bright and considerably large. It displays an irregular outline and is well detached and little compressed. It contains both bright and faint stars.

M56. 40 mm. Faint, small, round. Gradually brighter in the middle. Diffuse.

M57. 40 mm. Faint, small, round, annular.

M92. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this is a cluster of faint stars. It is very rich, but faint and small. It has an irregular outline and is brighter to the middle.

M103. 40 mm eyepiece. Cluster, bright, considerably large, irregular. Well detached, little compressed. Bright and faint stars.

M 2 - M 39

M2. 40 mm. Considerably large and bright, round. Gradually little brighter to the middle. Diffuse.

M13. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this cluster appears faint, considerably large, round, and gradually brighter in the middle. Well resolved and very rich in faint stars.

M15. 40 mm. Considerably bright and small. Irregularly round. Suddenly much brighter in the middle. Diffuse. Warm tinge.

M27, Dumbbell Nebula. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this nebula appears very faint and considerably large. It displays an irregular figure. With an OIII filter, the nebula is still considerably faint.

M29. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this cluster appears large and bright. It has an irregular outline and consists of bright and faint stars. It is poor and little compressed, but well separated from the background.

M39. In the 40 mm eyepiece, this cluster appears very large and bright and displays an irregular outline. It has both bright and faint stars. It is poor, defined, and little compressed.