M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster

19:40 24/8/2004 UTC

Few nights ago I took a visual look at this cluster. It was a fabulous glittering ball of stars! I would have imaged it then, but I found that my tube collided with tripod when polar aligned and pointed at M13. Later I learned "Equatorial Tango" and managed to make my mount track M13. It did come out better than I expected!

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Camera: Canon PowerShot A70 digital camera | Telescope: TAL-1 110mm f7.3 Newtonian reflector | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro | Filters: Baader IR/UV block | Exposure: 33 x 15s f2.9 ISO400 | Software: Registax, GIMP