What to image in June with the DwarfLab DWARF mini

Shortest nights of the year; above about 55° there is no true darkness at all. Globular clusters and planetary nebulae, being small and bright, are the targets for a twilight sky. Cygnus and the Milky Way rise late; the season proper starts next month.

Moon in June 2027: new on 4 Jun, full on 19 Jun. Broadband targets (galaxies, clusters) want the week either side of new; emission nebulae behind a dual-band filter tolerate the rest.

42 targets transit near midnight in June. From a suburban sky the DWARF mini gets a solid image of 37 of them in under an hour each; 5 need longer, or a darker sky, or several nights. Times below use the recommended filter and 15 s subs.

Solid image with the DwarfLab DWARF mini, sorted by the Bortle 6 figure. Each link opens the full Bortle 1 to 9 table with sub-length and filter comparisons.
Target	Type	Bortle 4	Bortle 6	Bortle 8
Butterfly ClusterScorpius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
Ptolemy's ClusterScorpius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
Wild Duck ClusterScutum	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
Hercules ClusterHercules	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	18 min72 subs
M18Sagittarius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	9 min37 subs
M21Sagittarius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
M23Sagittarius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
M25Sagittarius	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
M26Scutum	Open cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs
M28Sagittarius	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	14 min58 subs
Ring NebulaLyra, dual-band	Planetary nebula	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	10 min40 subs
M92Hercules	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min30 subs	14 min57 subs
M62Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	8 min33 subs	20 min81 subs
Sagittarius Star CloudSagittarius	Star cloud	8 min30 subs	9 min36 subs	22 min87 subs
M5Serpens	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	10 min41 subs	25 min102 subs
Cat's Eye NebulaDraco, dual-band	Planetary nebula	9 min35 subs	10 min41 subs	15 min62 subs
Turtle NebulaHercules, dual-band	Planetary nebula	9 min35 subs	10 min41 subs	15 min62 subs
Blinking PlanetaryCygnus, dual-band	Planetary nebula	9 min35 subs	10 min41 subs	15 min62 subs
M80Scorpius	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	11 min44 subs	26 min106 subs
M22Sagittarius	Globular cluster	8 min30 subs	12 min50 subs	31 min125 subs
M55Sagittarius	Globular cluster	8 min31 subs	14 min55 subs	35 min141 subs
M12Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	8 min32 subs	14 min58 subs	37 min148 subs
M70Sagittarius	Globular cluster	9 min38 subs	16 min66 subs	40 min162 subs
M69Sagittarius	Globular cluster	9 min38 subs	17 min67 subs	42 min169 subs
M71Sagitta	Globular cluster	11 min44 subs	19 min76 subs	47 min188 subs
Lagoon NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	15 min62 subs	19 min78 subs	34 min136 subs
Dumbbell NebulaVulpecula, dual-band	Planetary nebula	16 min65 subs	20 min80 subs	33 min132 subs
M19Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	11 min45 subs	21 min85 subs	56 min223 subs
M14Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	12 min49 subs	23 min91 subs	58 min234 subs
Omega NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	18 min72 subs	23 min91 subs	39 min157 subs
Spindle GalaxyDraco	Galaxy	13 min53 subs	23 min94 subs	59 min236 subs
M10Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	14 min57 subs	27 min110 subs	1 h 13 min292 subs
M54Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min60 subs	28 min114 subs	1 h 15 min300 subs
M9Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	17 min70 subs	34 min135 subs	1 h 30 min359 subs
M56Lyra	Globular cluster	21 min85 subs	40 min162 subs	1 h 47 min429 subs
Trifid NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	33 min131 subs	43 min173 subs	1 h 19 min318 subs
M107Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	29 min117 subs	59 min236 subs	2 h 42 min649 subs
Eagle NebulaSerpens, dual-band	Emission nebula	45 min180 subs	1 h241 subs	1 h 52 min450 subs
M4Scorpius	Globular cluster	36 min144 subs	1 h 14 min296 subs	3 h 26 min824 subs
NGC 6781Aquila, dual-band	Planetary nebula	1 h 59 min476 subs	2 h 40 min639 subs	5 h 01 min1,205 subs
Pinwheel GalaxyUrsa Major	Galaxy	2 h 06 min505 subs	4 h 35 min1,102 subs	13 h3,164 subs
Abell 39Hercules, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 h3,637 subs	21 h5,130 subs	43 h10,287 subs

Other telescopes in June: Seestar S50 · Seestar S50 Pro · Seestar S30 · Seestar S30 Pro · DWARF 3 · Draco · DWARF II · Vespera II · Vespera Pro · Vespera 3 · Vespera Pro 2 · eQuinox 2 · Odyssey · Origin · Origin Mark II

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