APOD: 2020 March 19 - M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price! THis is an amazing star cluster given that scientists have recently indicated that it has in excess of 1,000,000 stars within the cluster... I've included a short Video explanation of this Star Cluster in Hercules...as a short adjunct to your APOD...
https://youtu.be/DoUoYlgnwZQ







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Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, March 19, 2020 entitled "M13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules."
Image: M13 - The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules - Image Credit & Copyright - Eric Coles and Mel Helm
"Explanation: In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shews itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course, M13 is now less modestly recognized as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern sky. Sharp telescopic views like this one reveal the spectacular cluster's hundreds of thousands of stars. At a distance of 25,000 light-years, the cluster stars crowd into a region 150 light-years in diameter. Approaching the cluster core upwards of 100 stars could be contained in a cube just 3 light-years on a side. For comparison, the closest star to the Sun is over 4 light-years away. The remarkable range of brightness recorded in this image follows stars into the dense cluster core and reveals three subtle dark lanes forming the apparent shape of a propeller just below and slightly left of center. Distant background galaxies in the medium-wide field of view include NGC 6207 at the upper left."

BETA MUSIC THERAPY, M13 or NGC 6205 Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (FUSION)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KarRW552lqk

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Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and thanks for the look at something beyond our crazy little world