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Object: Messier 13 Star Cluster (NGC 6205) - Constellation Hercules

Distance: 25 thousand light years

Date(s) Taken: May 2, 3, 5, 2008

Telescope: Orion XT - 12 and Televue Paracorr

Camera: ST 2000 XM operating at -25 deg C sensor temperature

Exposures: 5 hours total duration

22 Luminance- 5 Minute Images binned 1x1

12 Red - 5 Minute Images binned 2x2

12 Green - 5 Minute Images binned 2x2

17 Blue - 5 Minute Images binned 2x2

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