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M 13, GLOBULAR CLUSTER on 2024-06-06,07

Messier 13 or M 13, is also designated NGC 6205 and called the Hercules Globular Cluster located in the constellation of Hercules. M 13 is about 145 light-years in diameter and is composed of several hundred thousand stars, with estimates varying from 300,000 to over half a million. The brightest star in the cluster is a red giant, the variable star V11, also known as V1554 Herculis. M 13 is between 22,200 and 25,000 light-years away from the Earth. The M 13 globular cluster is one of over a hundred that orbit the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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M 13, GLOBULAR CLUSTER on 2024-06-06,07

This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done in PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 02 hrs 11 min 00 sec.

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M 13 on 03-07-2008

Done with my 17.5 inch scope and SBIG ST-9E CCD camera.

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