This image of M55 is a single 10 minute exposure taken on June 19th, 1998 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope with a SBIG ST-8 and the new AO-7 Adaptive Optics.
RA (2000)
19:40.0
DEC (2000)
-30:58
Magnitude
7.0
Size
19.0 arc min
Constellation
Sagittarius
Other Name
NGC 6809
Distance
~ 20,000 Light Years
Object Type
Globular Cluster II
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