M13

M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster. This 11.65 billion year old formation of stars is one of the most impressive globular clusters in the northern hemisphere. Containing over 300,000 stars packed into a 145 light year sphere, the center of this object is 500 times more concentrated than its outer perimeters.

 

Technical Details:

- Explore Scientific ED80

- Focal length: 480mm

- Celestron AVX mount

- Canon EOS M3 with CHDK

- 11 lights, 5 darks, ISO 800, 20 sec each

- altogether: 3:40 min exposure

- Processed with DeepSkyStacker and Affinity Photo

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