M13 teh great hercules star cluster

[moonshinegnomie]

I picked up a new telescope last week and was able to get the new telescope out for a bit for its first test run despite the full moon and high humidity

This is M13 the great globular cluster of Hercules. The cluster is located about 22,000 light years away and is composed of hundreds of thousands of stars.. Globular clusters are found in most galaxies and are among the oldest objects in the universe. In the case of M13 its estimated to be 13 billion or so years old. Scientists dont really know how globular clusters form .

to the lower left of M13 is a small smudge that is teh galaxy NGC 6207. it about 30 million light years away. But there are a lot more galaxies in this photo most of which look like stars. the second photo has them labled. most of them are well over 100 million light years away

2.5 hours of exposure in my backyard

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. These are so well done! Thank you for sharing your work.

[Tarzanrock]

2. If you enlarge your terrific photograph to 100x --

you will get a terrific view of NGC 6207 and IC 4617. At about 200x plus on a night of steady air and exceptional "seeing" -- you can sometimes observe the famous "propeller" in M13. Can you see M13 with the naked eye unaided by a telescope from the dark skies at your location? I've never seen it with the naked eye either in Joshua Tree; the Mojave; the Anza-Borrego or at Mt. Pinos here in California. You likely already have this book Deep Sky Wonders by Walter Scott Houston but if not you should buy it. You can get it here used: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/deep-sky-wonders/author/walter-scott/

[moonshinegnomie]

3. i have to deal with major light pollution

im in the austin texas metro area. and with my crappy old eye I couldnt see it with my naked eye in perfect conditions.

i may take another shot at M13 if it ever clears up here. weve had cloudy humid nights for a week now