This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 20 x 20 arc minutes in size.
Discovered by Halley in 1714, M13 (NGC 6205) is one of the most prominent and best known globulars in the northern hemisphere. At a distance of 25,100 light years it is 145 light years across.
In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on March 15th 2008.