M 13 – Great Star Cluster in Hercules

Messier 13 (M13) is a globular cluster of over 100,000 stars in the constellation Hercules.

It’s located about 22,180 light years from Earth, and is 11.66 billion years old. M13 is one of the brightest star clusters visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

This image consists of 291 60s subs taken with a ZWO ASI071MC Pro camera and Antlia Quad-band light pollution filter. Telescope is a GSO RC8 at 1627mm FL, EQ6r Pro GEM mount. APT is my image capture software. PixInsight is my image processing software.

Link to the annotated astrobin version.

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