Hercules Globular Cluster, May’25

Just captured M13, the Hercules Globular Cluster – 25,000 light-years away in Hercules. A dense ball of 300,000+ stars!

Hercules Globular Cluster with the VC200L – June 2023

Clearly rounder and less bloated stars. The reprocessing of the material from last summer was worth it.

Messier 13 – Hercules Globular Cluster

The Hercules Globular Cluster is a bright globular cluster in the constellation Hercules, lying about 26,100 light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed early June.

Hercules Globular Cluster with the ED80sf – June 2022

My Vixen ED80sf 2022 M13 data meets my 2024 processing workflow in PixInsight. Take a look at the side by side comparison.

Hercules Globular Cluster – flattener test-data – June 2021

A photo that is not worth this awesome cluster. A picture out ouf test shots while configuring flattener distance. But i achieved a different milestone.