Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, CrestwoodSky
M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, CrestwoodSky
M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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Though I am not a huge fan of globular clusters, I couldn't resist the opportunity to capture the best known northern sky one from my new Arizona backyard. To properly accommodate M13, I expanded the Explore Scientific 127ED's FOV by switching out the Hotech field flattener for my 0.8 flattener/reducer.

This image was captured over two nights (April 6 & April 8) with an ASI1600mm Pro as I was waiting for Cygnus to rise. L data was captured the first night, RGB on the second. The image comprises:

L: 64 x 60s

R: 19 x 60s

G: 19 x 60s

B: 19 x 60s

Total exposure time was just over two hours.

The image was processed in Pixinsight and tweaked in Photoshop.

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M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, CrestwoodSky

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