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Messier 5
M5, NGC 5904
Globular Cluster
Serpens
24,000 light years
+5.7
23 arcminutes
164 light years
1702, Gottfried Kirch & Maria Margarethe
June
15h 19m 41s
+02º 00’ 00”
SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED
7 nights in May & June 2021
LRGB = 24 x 300s each
8 hours |