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M13: Globular Cluster in Hercules

Right Ascension16 : 41.7 (h:m)
Declination+36 : 28 (deg:m)
Distance22.8 (kly)
Visual Brightness5.8 (mag) 
Apparent Dimension16.6 (arc min)
More information on M13
 
 
 

30 second (6x5 sec.) exposure using the PC camera with the QCV2 software on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing and image alignment and stacking was done with DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
6/3/2000

20 second (5x4 sec.) exposure using the PC camera with the QCV2 software on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing and image alignment and stacking was done with DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
6/23/2000

24 second (6x4 sec.) exposure using the PC camera with the QCV2 software on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing and image alignment and stacking was done with DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
6/23/2000


10 second (5x2 sec.) exposure using the MAC camera on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing was done with DarkGen program.
Combined and processed with Photoshop.
5/2/2000


View the SBIG ST-237 images of M13