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Messier 13 (M13, NGC 6205), also called the 'Great globular cluster in Hercules', is one of the most prominent and best known globulars of the Northern celestial hemisphere. At its distance of 25,100 light years, its angular diameter of 20' corresponds to a linear 145 light years - visually, it is perhaps 13' large.

William Optics FLT 98/618; TeleVue 0,8 reducer/flattener; SBIG ST-8300C CCD; 12x5 minutes. Celestron AVX mount. July 2020

The Helix Nebula is one of the closest of all planetary nebulae and one of the apparently largest planetaries known. At a distance of 450 light years, its apparent size covers an area of 16 arc minutes diameter, more than half of that of the full moon.

Image is obtained through a refractor William Optics FLT98 (98/618 mm), TeleVue field flattener/reducer 0,8x, Lumicon DeepSky filter, SBIG ST8300 CCD camera, guided on QHY5 , 7x10 minutes exposure. July, 2012.

These clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus.
The nebula, which shines at magnitude +6.8, is illuminated by a magnitude +7.4 star.

Obtained through a refractor William Optics FLT 98/618; TeleVue 0,8 reducer/flattener; SBIG ST-8300C CCD; 12x5 minutes
Celestron AVX mount, guided ZWO ASI120C

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M13 Great globular cluster in Hercules

NGC 7293 Helix Nebula

NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula