Messier 56 (Rafał Szwejkowski)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Lyra (Lyr) · Contains: M 56 · NGC 6779 · PGC 2815080 · PGC 2815088 · PGC 2815091 · PGC 2815096 · PGC 2820153

Messier 56

Messier 56 isn't as well known as M3/M5/M13 are, but I do think it deserves more attention. It's suspected to have been captured from the erstwhile dwarf galaxy, whose suspected remaining core is the spectacular Omega Cluster, and is now part of so-called Gaia Sausage star stream(for real!).

This target was tempting me for a long time and once @Uwe Deutermann, currently on his Messier object hunt, offered some data from his fine FLT132 there was no going back! Uwe was a bit concerned about having shot 300s-long luminance for this cluster but it turned out just fine. I added more LRGB data over the last couple of nights and combined it to produce this close look at the cluster.

The FoV was dictated by my new "narrow field" ASI 533MM camera I've just acquired for my second rig - RC8 telescope mounted on ZWO AM3 - and I think it's just right for smaller objects.

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RA (center)	19h16m35s.714
RA (top/left)	19h17m36s.293
RA (top/right)	19h17m37s.846
RA (bottom/right)	19h15m34s.787
RA (bottom/left)	19h15m33s.902

Dec (center)	+30°11′08″.73
Dec (top/left)	+29°55′36″.39
Dec (top/right)	+30°26′24″.20
Dec (bottom/right)	+30°26′38″.32
Dec (bottom/left)	+29°55′50″.69

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