tp GLOBULAR GLORY M2 offers an impressive view, with a grainy center surrounded by a thousand pinprick suns. The cluster forms a scalene triangle with Alpha and Beta Aquarii less than 1ยบ south of the celestial equator. You'll be impressed by M2 in the eyepiece. Even my 5-inch Maksutov-Cassegrain scope turns the cluster into a spectacle. M2 PHOTO: SE A N CURRY; M2 SK E TCH: ROD M OLLISE; M72 PHOTO: ESA / N ASA / HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE; M72 SK E TCH: ROD M OLLISE; BACKG ROUND: JASMIN MERDA N / G E T T Y IM AG ES N tp FEELS LIKE VICTORY M72 has thwarted many experienced observers, so don't lose heart if you don't find it your first night out. It's dim, large, and loose, and doesn't look like much more than a smudge even in a 10-inch reflector such as the one used by the author to make the above sketch. sk yandtelescope.com * S E P TE M B E R 2 018 65http://www.skyandtelescope.com