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    Saturday, June 24, 2017

    Astronomy Adventure - Messier 13

    Messier 13 is a fantastic globular cluster in the constellation of Hercules that contains over 300,000 stars. In good conditions, it is actually a naked eye object and a beautiful sight in even a small telescope.



    Here are the technical details for those who might be interested:
    Scope: Starblast 4.5; tracking on
    Magnification: ~30x
    Camera: iPhone6 using NightCapPro app; ISO 8000
    Processing: 2x15 sec. images stacked in Deep Sky Stacker; with darks; adjusted curves using GIMP

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