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Photographer:

Larry Byrge

Location of Photo:

Jacksboro, TN

Date/Time of photo:

5-29-22 10:00 pm

Equipment:

Explore Scientific ED102, Skywatcher EQ6R Pro Mount, ZWO ASI294MC Pro Camera

Description:

About 145 light-years in diameter, M13 is composed of several hundred thousand stars, the brightest of which is a red giant, the variable star V11, also known as V1554 Herculis, with an apparent visual magnitude of 11.95. M13 is 22,200–25,000 light-years away from Earth,[13] and the globular cluster is one of over one hundred that orbit the center of the Milky Way.

Website:

https://byrgeastrophotography.com