The Great Hercules Globular Cluster - M13
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- The Great Hercules Globular Cluster - M13
I hope you enjoy this conversational deep dive into the great globular cluster in Hercules. Joining me once again is Steve Owens, astronomer at Glasgow Science Centre and author of Stargazing For Dummies.
In this video podcast we discuss:
1. Finding M13 and what to expect when observing.
2. The physical scale and composition of this vast cluster.
3. What the night sky might look like from within M13.
4. Could life emerge and survive within these ancient and densely packed stellar environments.
5. What can globular clusters tell us about our position within our own Milky Way.
Music by Rising Galaxy, Cosmicleaf Records , Spain.
The Hercules Star Cluster is absolutely a must see through a telescope. April and May is an excellent time of year to view it. Its also easy enough to see with 10x50 binoculars.
Unknown how close they are to each other....but I wonder how the gravitational pull is between them? One can wonder, and that's what I ❤️
Type 7
They say that you can see this one, just, with the naked eye but I never have even from dark skies but I can get it even in my tiny Zeiss 5x10 Mini Quick Monocular.I think that M22 is easier to see than M13 but it must be pretty low from Scotland.
agreed. it can be tough. i find averted vision helps with M13. naked eye it looks like a slightly defocused start to me.
We just don’t know what the odds are for abiogenesis. While certainly the amount of time and the number of planetary systems is without a doubt conducive to abiogenesis, we can’t know how easy life can spontaneously emerge with the correct number of organic compounds. Not knowing this crucial factor and assuming life can emerge so easy is nothing more than faith. I realize this is a less popular view but as astronomers and scientists we need to stick to the facts. To speculate otherwise is not professional. Abiogenesis may very well be rare.
very much agree. speculation is part of intellectual curiosity but without more data we simply don't know.