Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M56
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M56
Object: NGC288
Globular Cluster
 Const.: Lyra
Camera: SXV-H9 Scope: Vixen R200SS Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 23x2m TeleVue Paracorr
M56 - A globular cluster in Lyra. A stack of 23 two minute exposures using a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian with a Paracorr coma corrector. The individual exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN V2. This image has been resampled down from its original size.
 
M56
Object: M56 (NGC6779)
Globular Cluster
 Const.: Lyra
Camera: HX916 Scope: AP130 Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block Exposure: 9x60s blank
The globular cluster M56 in Lyra. A stack of 9 one minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. Image processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image has been cropped down from its original size of 1300x1030.