A quick M 13 Great Globular Cluster in Hercules 12 Minutes (Elmiko)

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

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A quick M 13 Great Globular Cluster in Hercules 12 Minutes

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A quick M 13 Great Globular Cluster in Hercules 12 Minutes

M 13 is a beautiful globular cluster found in Hercules. It lies 25,000 light years away, and contains an estimated several hundred thousand stars!

I captured this while my imaging companions were starting to pack up their rigs. This is only 12 one minute subs! I love imaging from dark skies! Very modestly processed.

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Description: Slight masked background darkening and saturation of the stars using Curves.

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Description: Used Game Mask Script to isolate the Propeller in the core and try to enhance it.

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Description: Cropped for a closer look. I also rotated it to make the diffraction spikes parallel with the framing. And in doing so, I made sure I didn't crop out NGC 6207. I think this is all I can do with this 12 minute image!
So far I am really happy with it.
Mike

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Description: More saturation on the Cluster to give it a slight boost in blue. Also flipped and cropped differently. And cleaned the background a bit.

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RA (center)	16h41m42s.957
RA (top/left)	16h41m55s.130
RA (top/right)	16h45m18s.702
RA (bottom/right)	16h41m30s.402
RA (bottom/left)	16h38m06s.704

Dec (center)	+36°28′42″.82
Dec (top/left)	+35°45′19″.93
Dec (top/right)	+36°27′35″.72
Dec (bottom/right)	+37°12′04″.17
Dec (bottom/left)	+36°29′25″.66

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