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
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