Hercules Cluster (Messier 13)

Like shiny flakes sparkling in a snow globe, over 100,000 stars whirl within the globular cluster M13, one of the brightest star clusters visible from the Northern Hemisphere. Located 25,000 light-years from Earth with an apparent magnitude of 5.8, this glittering metropolis of stars in the constellation Hercules can be spotted with a pair of binoculars most easily in July.

(NASA Micro Observatory)

Garner, Rob. “Messier 13 (The Hercules Cluster).” NASA, NASA, 6 Oct. 2017, www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/messier-13-the-hercules-cluste