M13 Globular Cluster

Messier 13 Globular Cluster

M13 Globular Cluster

M13 Globular Cluster – Benoit Guertin

Equipment: SW80ED, Canon XTi
Imaging: 29x15sec ISO800

The above image is a crop of the original.  In the full frame image, galaxy NGC6207 (60 million light years away) is faintly visible on the top of the image at 1 o’clock from M13.  As a reference M13 is 22,000 light years away.

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