M13     Globular Cluster in Hercules (NGC 6205)

        Object type:             Globular Star Cluster

        Distance from Earth:      25,000 light years / 7700 parsecs


        The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules is a spectacular cluster of
        several hundreds of thousands of older stars that orbits the Milky
        Way Galaxy.  M13 is the brightest globular cluster visible in the
        Northern Hemisphere.  
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