Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Yes, it's another globular cluster - but this one is surprisingly poor in metals... what does that mean? Messier 56 is also known as NGC 6779.

Featuring Paul Crowther, Mike Merrifield and Nik Szymanek. More on our contributors at deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html

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