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The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules M13

author: A.Block/MLSC/Univ.of Az/Novapix

reference: a-agb62-05009

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 22 cm

M13 (NGC 6205) in the Hercules constellation has a diameter of about 150 light-years and is 22,000 light-years away from Earth. Image taken with a 24-inch telescope, total exposure time: 75 minutes.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ASTRONOMY - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - HERCULES - M13 - NGC 6205 - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -