Category: hercules

Hercules is a northern constellation.

Abell 2151

Abell 2151 is also known as the Hercules Galaxy Cluster because of its location in Hercules. This cluster of galaxies is fairly distant at an average distance of 500 million light years. It’s staggering to think that we can see detail in galaxies so distant with amateur equipment! There are over 200 galaxies in the…

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Messier 13

Messier 13 is one of the jewels of the northern sky. It’s a globular cluster in Hercules and if you are an amateur astronomer who has access to that part of the sky, it’s one of the first deep sky objects you saw through a telescope if that happened in the late spring through summer….

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Messier 92

This is the globular cluster in Hercules that isn’t M13. Actually to be fair, there are others but this is the only other globular in the Messier catalog that is in Hercules. This one gets a lot less attention from amateurs than its more famous cousin but it is still worth a peek. The cluster…

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