Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
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M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, Michael Kalika
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M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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M13 is one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern sky in the constellation of Hercules. M13 is about 145 light-years in diameter, and it is composed of over 300,000 stars. M13 is 25,100 light-years away from Earth.

The image taken by me from Negev Desert in Israel on 18.06.2015.

25 X 180sec frames at ISO1600

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