M13
The Great Cluster in Hercules

Other names: NGC6205
Optics: Celestron 9.25" SCT @ f/10
Mount: Mountain Instruments MI-250 on ATS pier
Camera: Canon 20D [ Hutech Type I ]
Exposure: 6 minutes [ 18 x 20 seconds ]
Accessories: IDAS LPS 2" filter
Location: Ontario, CA
Date June 3, 2006
Notes: Processing: Registax for align, combine, and wavelet processing. Photoshop CS2 for curves and color balancing. No dark frames. No flat frames.

One of two first light deep sky images with my 20D and C9.25". While it's not a great image, I like to point out that I took this image (as well as one of M57) with no computer attached to the mount or camera, no guiding, and while wearing flip slops and a T-shirt!

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