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Hercules Cluster
M13, NGC 6205
A
Globular Cluster
a little under 25,000
light years
from
Earth
, and well outside the plane of the
Galaxy
, that is just visible to the naked eye. It takes its name from its native
constellation
of
Hercules
.
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