ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Clusters | M013 Hercules Cluster | M13 5x20
M13 Hercules Globular Cluster and some "nearby" friends. From 5 images taken on March 20, 2023. M13 is visible from dark sky sites with the naked eye or more easily with binoculars. It's comprised of several hundred thousand stars (I lost count).
M13 was discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714, and cataloged by Charles Messier on June 1, 1764 into his list of objects not to mistake for comets.
Total image time was 100 minutes.
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| Exposure | 5x20 min. | ||||||
| ISO | 3200 | ||||||
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | ||||||
| Optics | 120mm Skywatcher Esprit Refractor on a Celestron CGX mount | ||||||
| Guiding | ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2 | ||||||
| Controller | Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C | ||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra | ||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | ||||||
| Date | 2023-03-20 | ||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. |
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