Michael Purcell's image of globular cluster M56 in Lyra, taken on May 9, 1993 at 02:49 with his Meade 10-inch f/6.3 SC Telescope and a ST6 CCD camera, exposed 15 seconds.
Globular cluster M56 as photographed by Michel Peyro, Jean-Philippe Barrilliot, and Franck Lefevre, with a 24-inch (600 mm) f/3.2 Newtonian telescope and Hisis22 (400 Kaf) CCD camera, from southern France.
Martin Germano obtained this beautiful image of globular cluster M56 with his 14.5" f/5 Newtonian telescope. It was exposed 75 minutes on hypered Tech Pan 2415 film.
Last Modification: 2 Feb 1998, 20:45 MET