Observation by Grant Privett: NGC6366 + M13

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2026 Jun 08 - 23:28

Uploaded

2026 Jun 11 - 17:39

Objects

NGC6366
The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13)

Equipment

SX Trius 694
C14 + f/6.3 reducer

Exposure

M13 23x 30s NGC6366 12x 120s

Location

Broad Chalke

Target name

NGC6366

Title

NGC6366 + M13

About this image

Two very different globular clusters imaged on the same night using the same telescope and camera - so same scale.

The main difference is that compared to M13, NGC6366 appears fairly sparse and also in a region of sky close to the Milky Way. The other difference is that despite my focusing immediately prior to each image, NGC6366 was much lower in the sky above a warm hill and the star images were decidedly more blobby (a technical optics term).

As it was globular clusters that I was looking at, I applied a little DDP processing, but nothing untoward.

Files associated with this observation

ngc6366+m13.jpg (3.9 MB)

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