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A colorful M13 image

A colorful M13


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Description

M13 Globular cluster in Hercules contains more than 300,000 stars, many of which are faint blue. NGC 6207 is a small galaxy located to the upper right. The image was taken with an AP 130 GTX triplet refractor at F4.5 using the new Quad TCC. Resolution of 2 arc sec FWHM using the QSI683 CCD camera, Astrodon RGB filters. Image is 1/2 size of the original.