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  Name(s): Messier Object 13  
  Date : 2010-05-10  
  Location : Podljubelj  
  Conditions : Low local light pollution, good seeing  
  Weather : 14°C, 80% - 9,19g/m3  
  Moon : 50%  
  Setup : SW 254/1200 on NEQ6pro, guided with SPC900 on SW 80/400  
  Camera : Canon 450D mod.  
  Exposure : 15x300s, ISO 800  
  Processing : Iris, PS  
  Object description : A.K.A. The great globular cluster in Hercules. It contains several 100,000 stars.  
  Object size & distance cca. 20 arc minutes, 25000 ly