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M13 Hercules Globula Cluster
Magnitude: 5.8
Distance: Aprox: 22,200 light-years
Constellation: Hercules
Star Count: Aprox 300,000
Diameter: 145 light-years

Messier 13 is one of the brightest and best known globular clusters in the northern sky. Messier 13 is best seen from May to September. It is particularly high in the sky in the summer months.


Taken 9/7/18 at Agawna Bay Lake Superior Provential Park, Canada by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 @ F10 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera

On the lower center-left corner is galaxy NGC 6207 at a distance of about 50 million light years.

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Taken 9/7/18 at Agawna Bay Lake Superior Provential Park, Canada by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 @ F6.3 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera

 


Taken 9/7/18 at Agawna Bay Lake Superior Provential Park, Canada by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera

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