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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

 

 

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Uploaded on July 25, 2011
Taken on July 25, 2011