Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  M 56  ·  NGC 6779
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M56, Steve Lantz
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M56

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M56

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After months of mostly cloudy weather at night, I finally got a decent night and imaged M56. This globular cluster's apparent size is relatively small and the focal length of the William Optics scope was a bit short to get as much detail as might be desired. Nonetheless, just the number of stars in the FOV is amazing even after all of the astrophotos I've taken and viewed. I elected to go with unguided images of 30 s each.

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M56, Steve Lantz