One of the most prominent Northern Hemisphere globular clusters, M13 is visible with the naked eye from sufficiently darkened locations. At a distance of 25,100 light years, this massive cluster spans 165 light years in breadth and is comprised of a half million ancient stars created during the earliest of stellar-forming sequences.
Taken with a Canon 10D digital SLR through an 8" Mak-Newt equipped with a TeleVue 2X Powermate. A series of eighteen 210 second shots at ISO 800 were combined and processed using Images Plus software. |
