Deep-sky object
Hercules Globular Cluster
Hercules Globular Cluster is a globular cluster 22 200 light-years away, in Hercules, about 110 light-years across, seen as it was 22 200 years ago.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- Globular cluster
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Distance
- 22 200 light-years
- Size
- about 110 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 5.8
- Catalogue
- M13, NGC 6205
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.