Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  IC 4617  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
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M13 Globular Cluster, Jason Coon
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M13 Globular Cluster

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M13 Globular Cluster, Jason Coon
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M13 Globular Cluster

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Globular clusters are still a major enigma in science.  We have detected them in just about every galaxy we've observed, including more than 150 in our own Milky Way, but we don't know how or why they form, or why they are only found in the galactic halo rather than the star forming regions within galaxies.

This is my second attempt at M13, and while the weather and technical difficulties reduced by half the amount of time I was hoping to get, I'm still quite pleased with the result.

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M13 Globular Cluster, Jason Coon