Astrophotos

• Location: Mount Pinos, CA
• Date: April 13, 2002
• Subject: Wide-field shot of the globular cluster M13 in Hercules.
• Exposure: 1, 25 min. shot and 1, 40 min shot combined and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop
• Telescope: Megrez 80mm refractor @ f/5
• Mount: Losmandy GM-8
• Guiding: ST-4 autoguider
• Film: Kodak Elitechrome 200
• Comments: The bright globular cluster M13 in Hercules. A naked eye object at any dark site, M13 in very nice through a small telescope. Through a large telescope it can be an incredible site, especially at moderately high power. The small galaxy NGC 6207 can be seen just to the lower right of M13, also see close-up at right.