What to image in June with the DwarfLab Draco

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 Draco gets a solid image of 38 of them in under an hour each; 4 need longer, or a darker sky, or several nights. Times below use the recommended filter and 30 s subs.

Solid image with the DwarfLab Draco, 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
M5Serpens	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	21 min43 subs
Butterfly ClusterScorpius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Ptolemy's ClusterScorpius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Wild Duck ClusterScutum	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M12Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	31 min62 subs
Hercules ClusterHercules	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M18Sagittarius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M21Sagittarius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M22Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	26 min52 subs
M23Sagittarius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Sagittarius Star CloudSagittarius	Star cloud	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	18 min37 subs
M25Sagittarius	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M26Scutum	Open cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M28Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M55Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	29 min59 subs
Ring NebulaLyra, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M62Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	17 min34 subs
M69Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	35 min70 subs
M70Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	34 min68 subs
M80Scorpius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	22 min44 subs
M92Hercules	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Cat's Eye NebulaDraco, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Turtle NebulaHercules, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
Blinking PlanetaryCygnus, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs	15 min30 subs
M71Sagitta	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	16 min32 subs	39 min78 subs
Lagoon NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	15 min30 subs	16 min32 subs	28 min56 subs
Dumbbell NebulaVulpecula, dual-band	Planetary nebula	15 min30 subs	16 min33 subs	27 min54 subs
M19Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	17 min35 subs	46 min93 subs
Omega NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	15 min30 subs	18 min37 subs	32 min64 subs
M14Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	19 min38 subs	49 min98 subs
Spindle GalaxyDraco	Galaxy	15 min30 subs	19 min39 subs	49 min98 subs
M10Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	23 min46 subs	1 h 01 min122 subs
M54Sagittarius	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	23 min47 subs	1 h 02 min125 subs
M9Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	15 min30 subs	28 min56 subs	1 h 14 min149 subs
M56Lyra	Globular cluster	17 min35 subs	33 min67 subs	1 h 29 min179 subs
Trifid NebulaSagittarius, dual-band	Emission nebula	26 min53 subs	35 min70 subs	1 h 05 min130 subs
Eagle NebulaSerpens, dual-band	Emission nebula	36 min72 subs	48 min97 subs	1 h 32 min184 subs
M107Ophiuchus	Globular cluster	24 min48 subs	49 min98 subs	2 h 15 min270 subs
M4Scorpius	Globular cluster	29 min59 subs	1 h 01 min123 subs	2 h 51 min342 subs
NGC 6781Aquila, dual-band	Planetary nebula	1 h 34 min189 subs	2 h 08 min257 subs	4 h 06 min493 subs
Pinwheel GalaxyUrsa Major	Galaxy	1 h 43 min206 subs	3 h 47 min454 subs	11 h1,314 subs
Abell 39Hercules, dual-band	Planetary nebula	12 h1,431 subs	17 h2,053 subs	35 h4,202 subs

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

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