M13 - The Great Hercules Cluster

19:06 16/9/2005 UTC

Full moon means time for bright globular clusters to me. M13 is the most impressive visual target in northern sky and I wanted to try my eight incher to it with PEC. I really had fun taking this image. No computer involved and PEC was working flawlessly. I just sat next to my setup sipping some red wine and listened to the silence with occasional snaps of camera starting new sub exposure. There is also a faint galaxy in this image, NGC6207.

Camera: Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Orion Optics Europa 200mm f6 Newtonian reflector | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Exposure: 31 x 30s (15m30s) f6 ISO400 | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI)