Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
m13 Great Globular Cluster, Jeremy Jonkman
m13 Great Globular Cluster
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m13 Great Globular Cluster

m13 Great Globular Cluster, Jeremy Jonkman
m13 Great Globular Cluster
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m13 Great Globular Cluster

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Description

Messier 13 or M13 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules about 22,000 light years away. There are lots of galaxies visible in this image, but the one clearly visible above the star cluster is NGC 6207 which is 30 million Light years away! Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.

Equipment:

Telescope - Sky-watcher Esprit 120 with .77Reducer

Imaging Camera- Qhy268m

Mount - Sky-watcher EQ6-R Pro

Software:

Sequence Generator Pro

Pixensight

Lightroom

Photoshop

Lights:

R-50x120sec

G 50x120sec

B 50x120sec

35 Darks

100 Bias

Total integration 5 hours

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m13 Great Globular Cluster, Jeremy Jonkman