If the NOAA forecast for a dark site is partly cloudy I don't bother planning a DSO imaging mission. However, on the afternoon of this mission I noticed the skies were sunny and cloudless. Upon checking Clear Sky Chart for Harvard MA it was forecasting an above average viewing night. Other than picking a few Galaxy Season targets little planning was needed. The night went well with the images appearing below. Galaxy images were averaged from 15x60s exposure sub frames. Globular clusters were averaged from 25x30s exposure sub frames.
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| Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) | |
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| Messier 64(Black Eye Galaxy) |
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| Messier 3 |
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| Messier 53 |
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| Messier 85(center) and NGC 4394(lower center) |
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| M86 (low right), M84(upper center), NGC4402(lower left), NGC4388(right center) |
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| NGC4565 |
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