M 13

[Daff]

Stunning. Still amazed. Spent a good couple of hours on it.

[John]

It's a great object. It starts to get well resolved into stars with an 8" scope and looks very like it's photos with my 10". I viewed M13 though a 20" a couple of years back

The other globular in Hercules, M92, is an excellent object too. It would be the highlight of the constellation if it were not for M13 being nearby.

[JamesF]

It is stunning, isn't it? I've seen it before, but found it with my 10" dob for the first time recently and it was a real jaw-dropper. However, much as I love M13, it's too easy to get the impression that it's the best globular out there. There are other equally stunning ones, so don't stop hunting.

James

[Carbon]

I spent some time on M13 over the weekend from a dark site. Stunning as usual. I also spent time on M37, a cluster with a Medusa like forms.

[paul schofield]

Lovely isn't it ? I know what you mean, I can get lost in M13 for hours and M92 also for that matter.

[euphony]

I spent a little while on M13 last night and it's beautiful. Personally I prefer M3 myself, i just seems to have the edge over M13 for me

[Damo636]

A favourite of mine also :-) I have often wondered what it would be like to be an observer on a planet somewhere deep within in cluster?

[Matt Scunthorpe]

A favourite of mine also :-) I have often wondered what it would be like to be an observer on a planet somewhere deep within in cluster?

I dont think Astronomy would be a very good hobby on a planet in the cluster

[E621Keith]

M13 is stunning and also most deadly on the wallet.

Looking at M13 in a scope bigger than yours is the best way to catch aperture fever.

[SeedyF]

A favourite of mine also :-) I have often wondered what it would be like to be an observer on a planet somewhere deep within in cluster?

The amount of starlight would probably cast shadows!

[Astrosurf]

This is fun:

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2012/04/10/what-the-sky-might-look-like-from-inside-a-globular-cluster/

Alexxx

[Damo636]

It would be one hell of a planet for solar observing though :-):-)

[Astrosurf]

And I assume the planets would reveal detail with decent telescopes? The closer ones anyway.

[Peter Drew]

I'm sure I read somewhere that the average distance between the globular stars was much greater than the Earth-Sun distance.

[Daniel-K]

in my old 16 dob its like looking at a picture

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

M13 is a perennial favourite. It is one of the best globulars we can see from here (M22 is perhaps a bit better still).

[swamp thing]

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M13 is stunning and also most deadly on the wallet.

Looking at M13 in a scope bigger than yours is the best way to catch aperture fever.

You may well be right