Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  HD150293  ·  HD150462  ·  HD150566  ·  HD150679  ·  HD150998  ·  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, Dev (Dave) Prana
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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster

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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, Dev (Dave) Prana
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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster

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M13 for the first time using my ED100 esprit Triplet Apo, with the Optolong L Pro filter on the HEQ5 Pro mount. Stacked and processed in Pixinsight using the 2 min and 1 min subs (20 each) and the 30 flats and darks for each set. Messier 13 or M13, also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules. Wikipedia
Age: 11.66 billion years
Distance to Earth: 22,180 light years

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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules or the Hercules Globular Cluster, Dev (Dave) Prana