[SunkenCiv]

[Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA]

[Bellflower]

Gorgeous! Praise The LORD who is the magnificent artist. The more we know, the more we have to see His awesome hand in everything created.

[Conan the Librarian]

One of my favorite objects! In a wider view, there are a pair of stars very close to this cluster (visually anyway) that make it quite a sight.

This link: http://home.comcast.net/~waccoo/m53.htm

goes to some very poor photos I took in my back yard about 7 or 8 years ago.

You may be more forgiving if you realize that I live in a small urban center in South Georgia. At the time of the photo, we lived about 1/2 mile from several factories and 2 miles from the center of the city.