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Messier 13, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page; Messier 13, High-resolution LRGB image based on 2-hour total exposure; Messier 13, Amateur astrophotographer (hgg) photo using the 9.25" Celestron Telescope (85-min. exposure) M13 Hercules Globular photo detail Dark Atmospheres; Variable Stars in M13.
The Messier catalogue comprises nearly all of the most spectacular examples of the five types of deep-sky object – diffuse nebulae, planetary nebulae, open clusters, globular clusters, and galaxies – visible from European latitudes. Furthermore, almost all of the Messier objects are among the closest to Earth in their respective classes ...
As globular cluster M13, at which the message was aimed, is more than 25,000 light-years from Earth, the message, traveling at the speed of light, will take at least 25,000 years to arrive there. By that time, the core of M13 will no longer be in precisely the same location because of the orbit of the star cluster around the Galactic Center . [ 2 ]
Messier 13; Hercules Globular Cluster Globular cluster: Hercules: 16 h 41 m 41 s ... 7.2 6712: Globular cluster: Scutum: 18 h 53 m 04.3 s: −08° 42′ 22″ 9.9 ...
These are globular clusters within the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The diameter is in minutes of arc as seen from Earth. For reference, the J2000 epoch celestial coordinates of the Galactic Center are right ascension 17 h 45 m 40.04 s, declination −29° 00′ 28.1″.
Globular cluster: Nearest globular cluster to the Earth. Also the first globular cluster known to have exoplanets (PSR B1620-26b) Messier 12: 74.4 [28] Messier 70: 68 [29] NGC 290: 66 [30] Open cluster: Messier 28: 60 [31] Globular cluster: Messier 18: 52.4 [32] Open cluster: The following notable star clusters are listed for the purpose of ...
The oldest globular cluster known at 14 billion years, its stars are resolvable in a medium-aperture amateur telescope. [ 10 ] NGC 6229 is a dimmer globular cluster, with a magnitude of 9.4, it is the third-brightest globular in the constellation. 100,000 light-years from Earth, it is a Shapley class IV cluster, meaning that it is fairly rich ...
A few of the brightest globular clusters are visible to the naked eye; the brightest, Omega Centauri, was observed in antiquity and catalogued as a star, before the telescopic age. The brightest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere is M13 in the constellation of Hercules.