Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Great Cluster in Hercules  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
M13 in moonlight, bobzeq25
M13 in moonlight
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M13 in moonlight

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The sky is a bit blue, because, hey, it was moonlit. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Going to go back and work on gradient reduction more, that's why the "interesting" crop.

REVISION B Went back, cut out 40% of the worst subs, from 23 to14. Strengthened the gradient reduction, more than I ever have used. That enabled me to frame the target much better, and do some other things.

The center of M13 is interesting to process. I can use the "Tame" operation in StarTools to reduce clipping more, but it leaves me with an M13 that looks flat and unrealistic. The bright core kind of disappears.

REVISION C Looking at the best images I could find, they don't emphasize a bright core much.. By taming it some more I could also stretch it a bit more.

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M13 in moonlight, bobzeq25