M13 is the brightest globular cluster visible in the northern hemisphere. It is about 23,000 light years from earth and can be found in the hip of Hercules, or the western edge of the Keystone. It is my favorite summertime object. It actually looks a lot like this through a good telescope with a dark sky. A lot of times that isn't the case when comparing a long exposure photograph with the real thing. The pictures show a lot more but reality feels a lot nicer. This is a prime focus 15 minute exposure on Fuji Super G 800 film through an 8 inch f10 Celestron C8, with an Olympus OM-1. It was shot on the night of a full moon from my back yard in the suburbs and it has been heavily processed in Photoshop. I am still building fractal images but I haven't done any lately that I feel like showing. :-\ Thanks for looking.