Deep Sky Object in Summer
M56 (Globular Cluster in Lyra)

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Date & Time: May 1 2023, from 24:14 to 24:45 JST(+0900)
Composed 16 shots with 2 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO2500, White Balance...Daylight


M56 (NGC6779) / Globular Cluster, type X
R.A.19h 16m 36.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+30° 11' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size5.0'
Real Size50 light yrs.
Magnitude8.2
Distance34,000 light yrs.
M56 (NGC6729) is a tiny globular cluster lies near a border between Lyra and Cygnus. You'll be able to see a nebula-like view with telescopes, and you can recognize the individual stars around the edge in good atmospheric condition.
The constellation of Lyra has relatively small area, and two Messier objects in that, M56 and Ring Nebula (M57), are small, too. So it's hard to photograph those with being powerful.
M56 is approximately 34 thousand light years away.



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