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M13 Globular Star Cluster
First discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714. It was 50 years later when Charles Messier added the cluster to his list of objects that he was not interested in, giving it the designation M13.
The cluster is 25,000 light years away from us and can be found in the Constellation Hercules. Giving it it's more prestigious title of 'The Great Cluster in Hercules'.
M13 is one of the brightest globular clusters visible to us, especially from the Northern hemisphere. Containing over 100,000 stars it is quite easy to detect with a modest pair of binoculars and a dark sky.
Leave a comment below if you find it with some binoculars.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.
M13 Globular Star Cluster
First discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714. It was 50 years later when Charles Messier added the cluster to his list of objects that he was not interested in, giving it the designation M13.
The cluster is 25,000 light years away from us and can be found in the Constellation Hercules. Giving it it's more prestigious title of 'The Great Cluster in Hercules'.
M13 is one of the brightest globular clusters visible to us, especially from the Northern hemisphere. Containing over 100,000 stars it is quite easy to detect with a modest pair of binoculars and a dark sky.
Leave a comment below if you find it with some binoculars.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.