The Hercules Cluster (M13), located 25,000 light-years away, is a globular cluster containing over 100,000 stars within a 150 light-year diameter. First documented by Edmond Halley in 1714, its ...

How would you like to see about a million stars, all crammed together in a tight ball in our Rochester night sky? Well you can do just that. The Great Hercules star cluster is one of the true ...

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 8: Zoom in on the Perseus Cluster If ...

M13, the Hercules Cluster, is a globular cluster of stars. Globular clusters are large, old, and spherical. They orbit the Milky Way differently than open clusters. You can see M13 with a moderately ...

The Great Hercules Star Cluster is one of the true treasures of the summer and early autumn Pottsville sky. It’s a dense cluster of stars all crammed together in a tight sphere that you’ll love ...

We’re now in prime summer stargazing season. While it’s not the brightest of constellations, Hercules the Hero is one of my favorites. One reason I like it so much is that it has such a great story.

When you look up near the top of the sky around 10:30 p.m. in mid-July you can't miss the brilliant white star Vega. It sparkles just to the left of due south. Shoot a line from Vega a little more ...

If you find yourself in a dark, un-light-polluted area anytime soon, be sure to glance around the sky with binoculars. Along the hazy band of the Milky Way and elsewhere, you’re sure to find plenty of ...

Sometimes we have no clue what's over our heads. On July nights it's easy to find out. As soon as the sky gets dark (around 10:30-11 p.m. local daylight time) look high up in the southeastern sky for ...

One of my favorite summer constellations is Hercules the Hero. Despite it being one of the fainter constellations, it’s the fifth-largest in the sky. I love the Greek myth behind our stellar hero, and ...

The Great Hercules Star Cluster is one of the true treasures of the summer and early autumn sky. It’s a dense cluster of stars all crammed together in a tight sphere that you’ll love directing your ...