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Messier 56
M56, NGC 6779
Globular Cluster
Lyra
31,000 light years
+8.3
6 arcminutes
54 light years
1779, Charles Messier
July
19h 16m 36s
+30º 11’ 12”
Celestron EdgeHD 8"
4 nights in June & July 2019
RGB = 12 x 300s each
3 hours |