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Proper Name	Hercules Cluster
Messier Number	M13
NGC/IC Number	NGC 6205
Other Designations	Melotte 150
Constellation	Hercules
Right Ascension	16h 41m 42s
Declination	+36° 27' 41"
Distance	c.25,100 light years c.7,700 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +5.8 Absolute: -8.4
Diameter	Apparent: 20' Actual: c.140 light years
Optimum Visibility	June
Notes	This distant globular cluster is easy to locate in the sky, lying almost directly between the stars Eta and Zeta Herculis that define the western edge of the prominent 'Keystone' asterism at the heart of the constellation of Hercules.

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A Globular Cluster a little under 25,000 light years from Earth, and well outside the plane of the Galaxy, that is just visible to the naked eye. It takes its name from its native constellation of Hercules.

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