M13
Great Globular in Hercules

10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer
Exposures = 1.5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 60, Gain = 150 of 250 

The combination of brightness and number of stars that resolve across the face of this globular is probably what’s most impressive about M13. Distance listed as approximately 25,000 light years away and 145 light years across.

North at 11 o’clock, East at 8 o’clock

10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer
Exposures = 5 sec, Live Stacked frames = 60, Gain = 10 of 250 

A small faint fuzzy, the spiral galaxy NGC 6207, is visible towards the lower left-hand corner of this image, about 20 arc minutes from the center of M13. The galaxy has an obviously brighter core than the outside edges. It is located about 30 million light years away.

North at 9 o’clock, East at 6 o’clock

10.1” f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC
Exposures = 3 sec, Live Stacked frames = 15, Gain = 40.54 of 250 

Another very faint fuzzy is located about 2/3 of the way to the edge of the image in the 9 o’clock direction; this is spiral galaxy IC 4617 located a whopping 553 million (over half a billion!) light years away. Can you find the flat little spiral located next to a dim star?

North at 10 o’clock, East at 7 o’clock