m56

Discovered by Charles Messier on 29 January 1779, this little cluster lies at a distance of 33000 light years. What else do you do when there's a gibbous moon to light the way and you're trying to work out which way to send indi-eqmod declination guide pulses? Oh, the excitement. Anyway, here we are with a reversed DEC calibration in indi and phd2 doing a great job of guiding for 30 frames.

globular cluster m56 in lyra
700d on 250p    30x150s @ ISO800