M13 – der Herkules-Kugelsternhaufen. Kugelsternhaufen sind stabile, eng verbundene Ansammlungen von Zehntausenden bis Millionen Sternen. M13 beherbergt über 100.000 Sterne.
Kugelsternhaufen wie M13 enthalten auch die ältesten Sterne unserer Milchstraße.
Der Herkules-Kugelsternhaufen ist etwa 25.000 Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt. Das ist weit, aber…
In der linken Ecke des Bildes befindet sich die Galaxie NGC 6207. Sie ist etwa 30 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt. Das ist weit, aber …
Direkt über und etwas links von M13 befindet sich die Galaxie IC 4617. Sie ist etwa 553 Millionen Lichtjahre entfernt.
Aufgenommen mit meiner Seestar S50. Verarbeitet in Pixinsight.
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😗💀 what can i even say, i went silent for a bit looking at this image.
And 553 million light years is practically in our backyard, cosmically speaking.
“My God, it’s full of stars!”
The universe never ceases to amaze. likely any dark spot in this you “zoomed” into would revel layers and layers of more depth. The first ever Hubble Deep Field shot still blows my mind all these years later.
The light there, inside the cluster probably is more than blinding or burning. Still an amazing picture. Even so far to ever go there
And here I am worrying about shit
Great pic! Which one’s the IC 4617?
How dense are the stars in the center of a cluster like this?
Cometcal. Scale, time, and distance we cannot wrap our heads around.
So how many planets do astronomers estimate could exist in the Hercules cluster if there are over 100,000 stars?
I wonder what the night sky would look like from a planet inside the cluster
A classic: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6q29DBytI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6q29DBytI)
Astounding! Thanks for sharing.
I got my Dwarf Mini during the no-dark period here in Europe so have only been able to shoot the moon (and the sun) so far. But a dense cluster like Hercules is one of the top objects I’m waiting to picture. May I ask how big your stack was and how long did you shoot for? And was this in EQ mode?