M13

M13 Hercules Cluster

R.A. 16h 41m 50.064s

Dec. +36° 27' 0.45"

Apparent Size 16.60'"

Mean Radial Velocity -245.6 km/s

Magnitude +5.78

Distance 7.7 kpc

Location within Milky Way

Other IDs NGC 6205
M13

M13 Hercules Cluster
R.A.	16h 41m 50.064s
Dec.	+36° 27' 0.45"
Apparent Size	16.60'"
Mean Radial Velocity	-245.6 km/s
Magnitude	+5.78
Distance	7.7 kpc
Location	within Milky Way
Other IDs	NGC 6205 M13

Scope	Intes Micro MN-56 with 0.5 focal reducer
Mount	EQ6 unguided
Exposure	7 x 45 sec unguided
Post-processing	Stacked ,d. framed,mild ddp in AA3.
Filters	IR
Camera	Starlight Express hx516 with ICX424AL chip
Location	Vendémain, France
Date	25th August 2005

Very beautiful to observe directly. Spiral galaxy ngc 6207 ( mag +11.62 ) is faintly visible to the lower right.

Scope	Intes Micro mn-56
Mount	Vixen GP-DX unguided
Exposure	4:13:13:13 L:RGB RGB binned 2x2
Post-processing	Stacked & aligned in AA3, d.framed,autobalanced in AA, individual DDP per RGB frame.
Filters	TT IR, rgb
Camera	Starlight Express hx516
Location	Worcester
Date	25th August 2005

RGB taken on 11th of June, just merged with the recently taken top L image. The RGB frames were poorly focused, but I think the colour balance is ok.