I stepped out the side door and recognized Auriga after all these years. It’s pentagon shape was clearly visible through a break in the eastern sky. Below it, a red bright star was closer to the horizon.
Messier 13 (Wikipedia)Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.