M13
Hercules 16H 41m  36° 27'
Magnitude: 5.3
Size: 21'
Distance: 23,400 light-years
Best Month: July

Source: The Messier Objects

Image
Meade 8" SN LXD75
Meade Deep Sky Imager
(no IR filter)

60 minutes RGB
(120 × 30-second exposures)

Above average transparency; 38°
16 April 2005
2:54 AM EDT
Cambridge, MA