Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  HD150998  ·  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
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M 13 Globular Cluster, Greg Meyer MD
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M 13 Globular Cluster

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M 13 Globular Cluster

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Here some stuff to tickle your brain. A picture of M13, a globular cluster I took last week (5hr 20min total exposure.) It is roughly 300,000 stars, about 25,000 light-years away, but still within our galaxy. It's just barely visible with the naked eye, in a dark sky.
I show it off-center to illustrate a couple more galaxies in the shot. Off to the right is NGC6207-- 37 million LYs away from us. And to the lower right very dim is IC 4617. The light from this distant object was emitted by the galaxy 489 million light-years ago, and then was captured by my camera last week, to show you.

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M 13 Globular Cluster, Greg Meyer MD

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