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Hercules

OBSERVER: Ola Karlsson
COMPOSER: Ola Karlsson
DATE: 6 September 2013
POSITION: AZ: 230 00 00 ALT: 50 00 00
EXPOSURE TIME: 9x15s, combined
Hercules is a northern constellation, half of it is circumpolar in Sweden. In greek mythology Hercules (or rather Heracles) is one of the heroes. Other constellations associated with Hercules doings are Draco, Aries, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Taurus, and Hydra, as well as The Milky Way. The constellation is most convenient to see in autumn evenings to the south west-west. Two globular clusters M13 and M92 can be found in the image. The image is a combination of three images.
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