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Abbreviation

M13

1. (astronomy) The Great Globular Cluster of several hundred thousand stars. It lies at a distance of approximately 25,000 light years from Earth, in the direction of the constellation Hercules. It is the brightest and best-known globular cluster in the northern skies.

Synonyms

• Hercules Globular Cluster
• NGC 6205

See also

• Wikipedia article on the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
• Wikipedia article on the Messier objects