Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Urban List: M13

Observation
Object: NGC 6205 - M13 - Great Cluster in Hercules, The Wall
Deepsky Catalog: NGC 2000
Log Type: Urban Sky
Date Observed: 9/8/2015  03:15 UT
Object RA: 16h 41.687m
Object Declination: 36d 27.58833'
Object Type: Gb
Constellation: Her
Magnitude: 5.9
Size: 16.6
Locate Method: Star Hopping
Observing Location: Tomney Residence - Front Driveway
Object Rating: A
Primary Equipment Used: Vixon ED80sf (80mm f/7.5)
Power/Magnification Used: 30x
Transparency/Seeing: Deepsky Clear / Deepsky Mostly Stable
Detailed Observing Notes: Nice wide field view of M13 including the two neighboring ~6th magnitude stars (SAO 65508 and 65481) - the former actually exhibits some orangish tone in the view. M13 appears symmetrically round and pretty even in illumination, no striking brightening as at the core which was a little unexpected and possibly due to small aperture. Size is about 4' and there is no resolution, even with averted vision. Very nice object even if only 80mm of aperture in play..


Photography
   Equipment: Vixon ED80sf with Meade 2.0x Barlow, Canon Ti3
   Total of 8 - 60 second images stacked in DeepSkyStacker



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