Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Great Cluster in Hercules  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
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M13, Marc Ricard
M13
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M13

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I was fortunate enough to get use of a cottage under darks skies and so I filled up the Subaru with enough astro and summer gear to make viewing through the rear window impossible. Unfortunately there’s only 2 clear patches of sky here where I can both image and polar align my mount and so dusk was spent with me anxiously searching for Polaris and setting up the rest of my gear in the dark. I usually have a good idea of what I want to image before I head outside but last night made me scramble from one constellation to another looking for a suitable target to realize that I needed to point my scope at the zenith if I was hoping to get more than 30 minutes of sub frames. Hmm, what’s at the zenith in July?

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M13, Marc Ricard