Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4613  ·  IC 4614  ·  IC 4615  ·  IC 4616  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6194  ·  NGC 6196  ·  NGC 6197  ·  NGC 6205  ·  NGC 6207
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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, jewzaam
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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

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M13 consists of hundreds of thousands of stars and is between 22,200 and 25,000 light years away. The light I collected for this started its journey when the oldest known permanent human settlement existed, barely. Shortly after that we have found suggestions of humans living in Alaska. And just 1000 years after the light left the closest stars we see evidence of humans living in Australia.

Go early humans!

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Description: I figured out some strange background gradient was caused by clipping in MaskedStretch. I have set Clipping Fraction to 0.0 and reprocessed in the same way. MUCH happier!

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M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, jewzaam

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