The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13, NGC 6205)
Acquired by Jim Misti and Processed by Steve Cannistra

M13
All Images Copyright Steve Cannistra

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Characteristics:
Magnitude:  7.0
Size:  0.36 degrees
Distance: 25,000 light years
RA: 16h 41m 38s
Dec: 36 degrees 28' 03"

Description:
A description of M13, along with accompanying HR diagrams, is provided below my own widefield image of M13.

Photographic Details:
The raw data for this image were acquired by Jim Misti, who graciously provided this to astrophotographers for subsequent processing.  I used standard techniques such as DDP, curves, and LR deconvolution to process this image.


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