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Messier 13 - The Great Hercules Globular Cluster
Messier 13 - The Great Hercules Globular Cluster
Large Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules
Messier 13 - The Great Hercules Globular Cluster
Large Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules
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"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names."
Psalms 147:4 KJV
Located ~25,000 Light years from Earth over 100,000 stars are concentrated in the constellation Hercules. Originally discovered by Edmond Halley in 1714. Charles Messier added it to his famous Messier Catalogue in 1764 thinking that it was simply a nebulous object. The stars of the Hercules Cluster were first resolved in 1779.
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