ASTRO IMAGES By Doug Wheeland

  M13 - Globular Star Cluster in Hercules

                     EQUIPMENT
Telescope ----  12.5" RCOS RC at 114" FL
Mount --------  Astro-Physics AP1200
Camera -------  SBIG ST8E/CFW8
Guided -------  SBIG AO7

             IMAGE INFORMATION
21 Jun. 2009
64 min. Total
02 min. Sub-Exposures
Unfiltered
Acquired Using MaxIm CCD

                      PROCESSING
Data Reduction Using MaxIm DL
Finished Using Adobe Photo Shop

                        LOCATION
Star Ranch Road Observatory
South Western Colorado Springs
Elevation 6500 Feet

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The great Hercules Cluster is 20,000 LY distant and 150 LY across.

All Images Copyright Douglas R. Wheeland (c)2005

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