Danny_astro
M13 - Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
M13 is a tight cluster of around 300,000 stars orbiting in the halo of our Milky Way at a distance of 25,100 light years from Earth.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13
This is my first go at imaging a DSO. Photographed with a Nikon D40 at prime focus through an Explorer 150p, unguided.
Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop.
103 x 30sec
30 darks
35 bias subtracted flats
M13 - Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
M13 is a tight cluster of around 300,000 stars orbiting in the halo of our Milky Way at a distance of 25,100 light years from Earth.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_13
This is my first go at imaging a DSO. Photographed with a Nikon D40 at prime focus through an Explorer 150p, unguided.
Stacked in DSS and processed in Photoshop.
103 x 30sec
30 darks
35 bias subtracted flats