Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  HD150998  ·  Hercules Globular Cluster  ·  M 13  ·  NGC 6205
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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster, Brent
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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster

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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster, Brent
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M13 Hercules Globular Cluster

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M13 - Hercules Globular Cluster of several hundred thousand stars. My analysis software indicates there are about 7500 stars in this image.Globular clusters are very tightly bound by gravity, with a high concentration of stars towards their centers. Compared to the stars in the neighborhood of the Sun, the stars of the M13 population are more than a hundred times more densely packed. They are so close together that they sometimes collide and produce new stars. Globular clusters are found in nearly all galaxies. In spiral galaxies like the Milky Way, they are mostly found in the outer, spheroidal part of the galaxy—the galactic halo. [cite wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13]This is one of the smaller objects I have done so farCelestron SCT9.25 (FL 2432 mm, f/10)
ASI2600 mm camera (bin 2x2)
40 x 100s L
30 x 100s R
30 x 100s G
30 x 100s BTotal integration 3.6 h

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