One of the best-known clusters of the Northern Hemisphere
Other designations
NGC 6205[5]
See also: Globular cluster, List of globular clusters
Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.
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of objects not to mistake for comets; Messier's list, including Messier13, eventually became known as the Messier catalog. It is located at right ascension...
children to take up the sport." Messier was born in St. Albert, Alberta, the son of Mary-Jean (Dea) and Doug Messier. He was the second son and third...
The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula...
information about humanity and Earth that was sent to the globular cluster Messier13 in 1974. It was meant as a demonstration of human technological achievement...
southern horizon, such that east is left. Messier 92 by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Messier 92 by HST; 3.5′ view Messier 92 captured by the James Webb Space...
within include a yellow straggler component. Messier 93 atlas image Finder chart for M93 List of Messier objects Wu, Zhen-Yu; et al. (November 2009),...
The Morse Message (1962) Arecibo message (1974), one transmission to Messier13 Poetica Vaginal (1986), several minutes of transmission towards Epsilon...
coach. Messier is the father of Paul Messier and Hockey Hall of Fame player Mark Messier. Sielski, Mike (26 April 2011). "Now Coaching: Mark Messier's Father"...
magnitude is only +15.75. List of planetary nebulae Messier object New General Catalogue List of Messier objects NGC 6565, which is undergoing a similar process...
Barnaba Oriani on May 5, 1779, six days before Charles Messier discovered the same galaxy. Messier had observed it on the same night as Oriani but had mistaken...
of Messier objects Messier 91 Messier 95 Messier 109 M100 NGC 4536 The other barred spiral galaxies in Messier's catalogue are Messier 91, Messier 95...
March 2015. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 7. Messier 7, SEDS Messier pages Messier 7 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α,...
Cup. At the time Messier was credited for the game-winning goal earning him the tongue-in-cheek nickname of "Mr. June", however, Messier admitted in 2017...
Messier in 1781. It is the faintest object in the Messier catalog, with an apparent magnitude of 10.2. As a result of a bookkeeping error by Messier,...
related to Messier 25 at Wikimedia Commons Messier 25, The Messier Catalog. Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Messier 25 on WikiSky:...
essential to power the x-ray laser. The Cybermen have engineered the star in Messier13 to go nova, forcing the Wheel crew to look to their bernalium stores only...
Raising New Funds from Temasek, M13". Fortune. Retrieved August 6, 2017. "Messier13 (M13) – The Great Hercules Cluster". universetoday.com. May 9, 2016. "ClassPass...
Messier 84 or M84, also known as NGC 4374, is a giant elliptical or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Charles Messier discovered the object...
"Amateurs taking NHL to court to play for Cup". ESPN. April 13, 2005. Retrieved October 13, 2007. "All-Time Playoff Formats". records.nhl.com. Retrieved...
from the James Webb Space Telescope Messier 66 by 2MASS An ultraviolet image of Messier 66 by GALEX List of Messier objects Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri...
media related to Messier 9. Messier 9, SEDS Messier pages M9, Galactic Globular Clusters Database page The glittering stars of Messier 9, March 16, 2012...
1086/129477. September 7 Media related to Messier 52 at Wikimedia Commons Messier 52, SEDS Messier pages Messier 52 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS,...
to 25 million years in age. After the discovery of Messier 101 through 103 by Pierre Méchain, Messier later added this open cluster to his own catalogue...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 87. Messier 87, SEDS Messier pages ESA/Hubble images of M87 Messier 87 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS...
80 pc above or below. As of January 2022, Messier 18 is one of the few remaining objects within the Messier Catalog to not have been photographed by the...
before 1731, then catalogued by Charles Messier in 1769. It is physically part of the Orion Nebula (Messier 42), separate from that main nebula by a...
Catalogue, that lists the most important stars in the globular cluster Messier13, published in 1905. In 1908 he established the binary character of the...
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