M13 is well placed
2018 Jun 1
Dominic Ford – originally published on In-The-Sky.org
The Hercules globular cluster (M13, NGC 6205) will be well placed for observation. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
At a declination of +36°28', it is easiest to see from the northern hemisphere and cannot be seen from latitudes much south of 33°S.
From London (click to change), it will be visible all night. It will become visible at around 23:18 (BST) as the dusk sky fades, 66° above your south-eastern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 02:40, 67° above your south-western horizon.
At magnitude 5.9, M13 is quite faint, and certainly not visible to the naked eye, but can be viewed through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
The precise position of M13 is as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| M13 | 16h41m40s | +36°28' | Hercules | 5.9 | 0'16" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
The details of this observing event were provided courtesy of In-The-Sky.org
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