This group or asterism of 4 stars M73 (NGC 6994) is also in Aquarius like M72 and M2.

The observatory is mostly working. It has  a pointing problem that is fixed by plate solving. Plate solving is the magic where it takes a picture and compares it to where it thinks it’s supposed to be and moves the telescope to where it is supposed to be. So I just tell it to point to M73 and the system does the rest. Continue reading →