M13 and distant friends (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: Hercules Globular Cluster · IC 4617 · M 13 · NGC 6205 · NGC 6207 · PGC 2071186 · PGC 2071690 · PGC 2071981 · PGC 2072047 · PGC 2072128 · PGC 2072544 · PGC 2073230 · PGC 2074909 · PGC 2075117 · PGC 2076112 · PGC 2082301 · PGC 2082302 · PGC 2082344 · PGC 2082966 · PGC 2085377 · PGC 2088062 · PGC 2088923 · PGC 2088997 · PGC 2089043 · PGC 2089148 · PGC 2090141 · PGC 2090551 · PGC 2091048 · PGC 2091848 · PGC 2092091 · And 2 more.

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M13 and distant friends

Revision title: major Lum update

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M13 and distant friends

Revision title: major Lum update

First cluster imaged this year. I don't think I can do any better from my bortle 7 backyard...but I'll see next year if I can improve. I'm experimenting with NoiseXterminator in Pixinsight which seems as good and quick as Topaz. I forgot how much of a beast these clusters are to process! 🤪

It's cool to think the Messier discovered this June 1, 1764.

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Title: major Lum update

Description: This version is a major update with 6 hours of added luminance (from backyard 95% moon). Took more luminance as I finally got my SCT in perfect collimation! The secret was buying Bob's Knobs (http://www.bobsknobs.com) Impossible to do a good job with a screwdriver on the stock tiny recessed screws...now I can easily make tiny controlled adjustments. (still a bitch to get it perfect though 😵‍💫) I am now happy with this backyard captured image.

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Description: crop of major luminance update. I'm a happy astrophotographer 😀 today.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5773860
PixInsight job	03JFG5EEC7PC43AN2KIR3DUJCRFL9AAW
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	16h41m40s.57
RA (top/left)	16h44m08s.51
RA (top/right)	16h43m55s.40
RA (bottom/right)	16h39m10s.30
RA (bottom/left)	16h39m27s.52

Dec (center)	+36°27′21″.9
Dec (top/left)	+35°50′55″.0
Dec (top/right)	+37°05′59″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+37°03′38″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°48′40″.2

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