Observation by David Davies: M13

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David Davies

Observer

David Davies

Observed

2022 Jul 14 - 23:11

Uploaded

2022 Aug 15 - 11:17

Objects

The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13)

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 16^h41^m
Dec: +36°28'
Position angle: -0°12'

Field size

0°29' × 0°22'

Equipment

10" Ritchey-Chretien
QSI 683
SW EQ8

Exposure

5 x 120s RGB

Location

Cambridge, UK

Target name

M13, The Hercules Globular Cluster

Title

M13

About this image

This started as a quick grab test image for my new 10" telescope. The amount of data gathered doesn't really do justice to the subject, but it's presentable, I think.

I did detect a small collimation error which I corrected on a later evening.

Files associated with this observation

M13_reproc-web.jpg (1.0 MB)

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