Helena Observatory,   North Alton, NS

M56 Globular CLuster

15-May-2026 09:08 ADT 15-May-2026 12:08 UTC

We are moving! In preparation for that, observations, both meteorological and astronomical, will be discontinued.
They will resume once we have settled in at the new location in Tupperville, likely in July.


M56 Globular CLuster, 8-May-2014

Scope: Orion 200mm Astrograph, f/4
Mount: HEQ5
Guiding: KWIQ/QHY5 / PHD
Imaging Camera: Atik 383L+
Frames: 5m0s frames, 24 L; 12 R; 12 G; 8 B
Total Exposure: 4h40m
Processing: PixInsight
Distance: 33 kly
 
Luminosity data captured 2014-05-08. Colour data captured 2014-04-23.