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Re: (IAAC) Lovely M56 [CCD images]
Exceptional image, Steve, reminds me very much of the visual view through a
large light bucket. Thanks for sharing it.
Patrick
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Robinson (via Lew Gramer) <srobinso@mindspring.com>
To: Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog - Discussion
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Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 6:15 PM
Subject: (IAAC) Lovely M56 [CCD images]
>
> Lyra's M56 is a globular that seems to lie a bit off the beaten track,
> though I am not sure why. I imaged it last night, and was surpassed by
> it's intrinsic beauty. To me, it's lovelier than M13 with it's
> non-symmetrical spindly arms. It appears also to be a smaller than M3.
> M3 lies out at about the same distance as M56 at 34LY. It could be that
> M3 is just brighter. But no matter, both are astonishingly beautiful.
>
> If you check out the images of M56 around the web, they really don't
> look like much. I am not sure why that is, but I have a little
> something to spruce up the good name of that pretty little globular.
>
> Please visit http://www.highenergyastro.homestead.com and click on the
> large thumbnail of M1 in the upper right corner of the page. This will
> take you to a small cluttered page of links to my images. Click on M56,
> and enjoy.
>
> For those of you who are interested, I included a write-up on how the
> image was produced.
>
> Clear Skies,
> Steve Robinson
>
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