May 21, 2014
7:30-9:30
Northern Sarasota
Some clouds, humid
Naked eye, binoculars
Jupiter, Mars
Arcturus, regulus, Alphard
Cancer, Hydra, Gemini, Leo, Ursa Major
Big Dipper, m44, Rosette Nebula

May 23, 2014
7:00-9:00
Osprey
Cloudy
Naked eye
Cancer
M44

May 29, 2014
7:00-10:00
Northern Sarasota
Mostly clear
Naked eye
Jupiter, Saturn
Arcturus, spica, regulus, alphard, thuban
Gemini, Virgo, libra, Serpens, cancer, Hercules, Auriga, hydra, Leo, Draco
Big Dipper, m13, m104, m44
New moon

This is a globular star cluster. It consists of 100,000 stars at least. It is about 25,000 light years away. It is 165 light years in diameter.It has red and blue giant stars, and also rejunivated blue stragglers.