Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Great Cluster in Hercules  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules, Greg Allegretti
M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules
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M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules

M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules, Greg Allegretti
M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules
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M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules

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Nearby in our galaxy, this tight cluster contains upward of 300,000 stars. If we could view the sky from a planet within the cluster, the heavens would appear dazzling. So many brilliant stars would be continually visible that there would be no real night.

Oddly, the faint silhouette of a Mercedes Benz logo appears at the lower right (southeast) of the cluster's center.

M13 lies 22,000 light years distant within our Milky Way.

This image was captured under the dark skies of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Telescope: 12" aperture f/8. Camera: electrically-cooled CCD single shot color

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M13 -- Globular Star Cluster in Hercules, Greg Allegretti