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Thursday, 10 March 2011
M56
M56 is a +8.3 magnitude globular cluster in Lyra. It has a bright compact core, with fuzzy fringes. Its diameter is 55 lt yrs, and is 27,930 lt yrs away. It has 200,000 stars.
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