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M13.jpg - M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster

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Description: This great globular cluster is located at Hercules constellation.
It is very bright (5.3 magnitude). Under dark skies can be visible with the naked eye. Under low power,
it seems like a diffuse spot, but at medium power it is possible distinguish separate stars.
We have seen this object using different telescopes and always has become in one of the best views of deep sky objects.

Lens:

Vixen VC200L with focal reducer

F/stop:

f/6.4

Exposure:

9x300s

Mount:
Vixen Sphinx SXD

Camera:

Artemis 4021

Guiding:
Through WO Z66 f/5.9 with Meade DSI and using PHD Guiding software

Filter:

Astronomik L

Location:
Pla de la Calma, Montseny Natural Park, Barcelona

Date:
April 5th, 2008

Processing:

Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and, postrocessed with PixInsight 1.0

\| M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster Click here to enlarge Description: This great globular cluster is located at Hercules constellation. It is very bright (5.3 magnitude). Under dark skies can be visible with the naked eye. Under low power, it seems like a diffuse spot, but at medium power it is possible distinguish separate stars. We have seen this object using different telescopes and always has become in one of the best views of deep sky objects. Lens: Vixen VC200L with focal reducer F/stop: f/6.4 Exposure: 9x300s Mount: Vixen Sphinx SXD Camera: Artemis 4021 Guiding: Through WO Z66 f/5.9 with Meade DSI and using PHD Guiding software Filter: Astronomik L Location: Pla de la Calma, Montseny Natural Park, Barcelona Date: April 5th, 2008 Processing: Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker and, postrocessed with PixInsight 1.0
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