Find the Hercules constellation and the Great Globular Cluster (also known as Messier 13 or M13) in the night sky this summer! The Hercules constellation is dim, but you can find it using the stars Vega, Arcturus, and the four stars that make up the Keystone asterism located within the Hercules constellation. Explore more faint, hidden constellation gems—like Ophiuchus—with Nick in this edition of Skywatch Wednesday.

VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Find Regulus Near Venus and Mars
01:35 How To Find Hercules
02:49 Hercules Mythology
03:31 Hercules Globular Cluster aka Messier 13 or M13
04:18 Ophiuchus and Serpens Constellations
05:15 The Eagle Nebula and the Pillars of Creation
05:48 Ophiuchus and the Plane of the Ecliptic
06:54 The Buck Moon (or Thunder Moon)

Skywatch Wednesday is a production of the Adler Planetarium—the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere! Located on Chicago’s lakeshore, the museum typically hosts more than half a million visitors each year and reaches millions more through youth STEAM programs, neighborhood skywatching events, peoplepowered research, and other outreach efforts. Today, the Adler is bringing our unique approach—scientific exploration rooted in community and connection—to guests from around the world who can enjoy the digital Adler from their own homes, libraries, schools or offices.

⭐ What's Up In The Night Sky For The Week Of: July 21, 2021

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IMAGE CREDITS
Bicolor Rosette Nebula by Nick Lake
M13 widefield By Miodrag Sekulic Miodrag Sekulic, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
M13 WideField Rawastrodata / CC BYSA 3.0
M13 close By Transferred from da.wikipedia to Commons. Image taken from NASA homepage in 2004. See Link fundet her: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000301.html , Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
M13 Hubble By ESA/Hubble and NASA http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/... , Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Star of Life By Dbenedik Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Milky Way widefield By Martin Bernardi Own work, CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Eagle Nebula By Stephen Rahn from Macon, GA, USA Eagle Nebula, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pillars of Creation By NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) http://hubblesite.org/image/3471/news..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Adler Collection Items
QB41.H59.1690
QB65.J64.1856

VISUALIZATION CREDITS
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SOUND CREDITS
Fretless by Kevin MacLeod: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
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