Messier 13
Inneragual globular cluster
Also known as M13 · Great Globular Cluster in Hercules · Hercules Globular Cluster
- Instance of
- Part of
Overview
All data
40 statements · 90% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Discovered by
- Edmond Halley
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Sources- 1.“Der prachtvoll anzusehende Kugelsternhaufen Messier 13 im Sternbild Herkules”dlr.de/de/blog/archiv/2024/die-interstellare-arecibo-botschaft/der-prachtvoll-anzusehende-kugelsternhaufen-messier-13-im-sternbild-herkulesRetrieved 2026-08-11
- Edmond Halley
- Catalog code
- M 13 catalog: Messier object
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- 2MASX J16414163+3627407 catalog: Two Micron All-Sky Survey, Extended source catalogue
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- NGC 6205 catalog: New General Catalogue
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- Melotte 150 catalog: Melotte Catalogue
- C 1639+365 catalog: Caldwell catalogue
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- GCl 45 catalog: Catalogue of star clusters and associations + supplements
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- [KPS2012] MWSC 2445 catalog: Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. III. 139 new open clusters at high Galactic latitudes
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- M 13 catalog: Messier object
- Discovered
- 1714
1
Sources- 1.“Der prachtvoll anzusehende Kugelsternhaufen Messier 13 im Sternbild Herkules”dlr.de/de/blog/archiv/2024/die-interstellare-arecibo-botschaft/der-prachtvoll-anzusehende-kugelsternhaufen-messier-13-im-sternbild-herkulesRetrieved 2026-08-11
- 1714
- Distance from Earth
- 25,000 ly
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Sources- 1.“Hercules Globular Cluster (M13, NGC 6205)”daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/Hercules_Globular_Cluster.html
- 2.Stated in Astronomy Picture of the Dayapod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200319.html
- 0.008 Mpc
- 25,000 ly
- Radial velocity
- -244.2 kilometre per second
- -246.6 kilometre per second
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.8 astronomical filter: V band
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Sources- 1.Stated in A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way
- 2.Stated in SIMBAD
- 4.452 astronomical filter: J band
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- 3.941 astronomical filter: H band
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- 3.854 astronomical filter: K band
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- 6.903 astronomical filter: g' band
- 6.667 astronomical filter: r' band
- 6.397 astronomical filter: i' band
- 6.076 astronomical filter: z' band
- 5.8 astronomical filter: V band
- Absolute magnitude
- -8.55
- Radius
- 72.5 ly
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- 72.5 ly
- Right ascension
- 250.4235 degree
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- 250.4235 degree
- Declination
- 36.4613 degree
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- 36.4613 degree
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- -1.79 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -7.07 milliarcsecond per year
On other databases
4 identifiers linking Messier 13 across the web's reference databases