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M56: Globular Cluster in Lyra

Right Ascension19 : 16.6 (h:m)
Declination+30 : 11 (deg:m)
Distance31.6 (kly)
Visual Brightness8.3 (mag) 
Apparent Dimension7.1 (arc min)
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160 second (20x 8 sec.) exposure using the PC camera on the 8" Newtonian.

Dark frame processing and image alignment and stacking was done with DarkGen program.
Final processing performed with Photoshop.
7-20-2000

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