geoflewis Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) Not been very active over the past couple of months due to no astro dark and other life stuff taking priority, so it was good to get out and open the observatory again last night. I've been wanting to revisit this target for a few years and had hoped to get it sooner this year so that I could turn the C14 back to planetary imaging, which is what will likely happen now that I got this one off my list. Anyway, this comprises 12x2m each RGB and 1.5 hours (18x5m) L, captured through the C14 with the QSI583wsg-5 using Chroma LRGB filters. M56 is a globular cluster fairly close to the plane of the Milky Way, so seen in a very busy, colourful star field in the constelation of Lyra, not far from the star Albireo in Cygnus. It is nearly 33k LY away and comprises approx 230k solar mases. Thanks for looking. Edited August 28, 2022 by geoflewis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Great work Geof. So many stars in such a relatively compact space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 10 hours ago, TerryMcK said: Great wok Geof. So many stars in such a relatively compact space. Thanks Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter shah Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Beautiful star colour Geof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 6 hours ago, peter shah said: Beautiful star colour Geof Thanks Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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