Messier 13
(Wide field DSO)
Object
Cross Reference
Common Name
Object Type
Constellation
English Name
M13
NGC 6205
Hercules Globular Cluster
GC (Globular Cluster)
Hercules
The Hercules
RE
DEC
Size
Magnitude
Morphology
Distance
Extends
Age
16h 41m 41s
+36° 27′ 39″
20.0′
+5.8v
concen V
26,000 ly
150 ly
around 14 billion years
Location
Mount
Telescope
Type
Camera / CCD
Filter
Milton Keynes, UK
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6GT
Atlair Astro Lightwave
66ED-R refractor
Canon EOS 700D
Luminance (Lum)
.
Notes – Messier 13
-Â M13, NGC 6205
-Â extremely bright, very large and round
-Â very rich
-Â best globular cluster north of the celestial equator
-Â a naked eye object under very dark skies
-Â three dark rifts radiate outward from near the centre, like an European Garden Spider
-Â very remarkable object
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Notable features
-Â NGC 6207, pretty bright, largeelongated, very fiant nucleus galaxy lies to NorthEast
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