Messier 56
Messier 56 (M56 or NGC 6779) is a globular cluster in the Lyra constellation. Is difficult to find it with 50 to 80 mm binoculars, as it appears like a slightly fuzzy or out of focus star (it is quite dim without a bright core). The cluster can be better viewed by a 8’’ or larger telescope. 32,900 ly from us, with a radius of 42 ly and a mass 230,000 the mass of our sun. It occupies 8.8 arc minutes in earths sky. His age is estimated about 13.7 billion years, with an apparent size of +8.3, 4.8 ly from the galactic plane and about 31-32,000 ly from the galactic center.
Technical data of the photo :
Telescope : Vixen VC200L Visac
Mount : AP Mach1 GTo
Camera : QSI 683
Guiding : TS Optics 65Q, Zwo Asi 120mm, PHD
TS Optics 65Q, Zwo Asi 120mm, PHD
LRGB
Lum 12x300s
RG 5x300s each, B 4x300s
Processed in PixinSight and Photoshop
Skyros Island, Greece, September 2015
During my involvement in photographing the "deep sky" I missed the accompaniment of music, as my musical experience guides me. So I decided to fill my astrophotos with my music. From September 2016 as a starting point, therefore, together with the Flaming Star Nebula, I present to You, the ‘Floydish Pulsar I’, as my first musical composition (composition, performance and production by me), always inspired by these images.
Parallel Words ! and Dancing Stars I, complete my first trilogy.
Emjoy !