This week’s small-telescope target, globular cluster M53, lies a little less than 1° northeast of Coma Berenices’ brightest star, magnitude 4.3 Diadem (Alpha [α] Comae Berenices). // Astronomy: Roen Kelly
Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more objects or events you can see in the sky.
Targets for April 25–May 2, 2013
Naked eye: The Kite asterism
Small telescope: Globular cluster M53
Large telescope: The Hockey Stick Galaxy
