M7 (left) and M6 along with a portion of the southern Milky Way poke out from between trees earlier this week. I took this photo near Duluth, Minn. around midnight on June 12-13 with a 35mm lens at ...

Look to the southern sky this evening to explore the central regions of our Milky Way, whose core falls near the Teapot’s spout in Sagittarius. The waxing Moon is nearby in Libra, potentially washing ...

July is the best time of the year to observe two distant star clusters that are relatively close to each other. Given their close proximity to the constellation Scorpius, these two star clusters are ...

The Butterfly Cluster (M6) is visible without a telescope. Globular cluster M107 is best viewed with a small telescope. Spiral galaxy NGC 6207 requires a large telescope for observation. These ...

"Astro" Bob King is a freelance writer for the News Tribune. Read more of his work at astrobob.areavoices.com. M7 (left) and M6 along with a portion of the southern Milky Way poke out from between ...