M56

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6056.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6056. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M56 is a globular cluster in Lyra in a good position for northern hemisphere observers. It has a visual magnitude of 8.3 and an angular diameter of 7.1' (about 60 light-years at a distance of about 31 600 light-years). The cluster is not particularly rich and its low galactic latitude means that the region is strongly contaminated by field stars (i.e. membership of stars to the cluster is somewha...

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