Palomar 5 is a globular cluster and a member of the Palomar Globular Clusters group. It was discovered by Walter Baade in 1950, and independently found again by Albert George Wilson in 1955. There is a process of disruption acting on this cluster because of the gravitation of the Milky Way – in fact there are many stars leaving this cluster in the form of a stellar stream. The stream has a mass of 5000 solar masses and is 30,000 light years long. The cluster is currently about 60.6 kly from the Galactic Center. (Ref: Wikipedia)
This globular cluster has recently been found to harbor over 100 black holes in its center. You can read about here:
https://earthsky.org/space/astronomers-find-100-black-holes-in-palomar-5/Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Class: XII
Constellation: Serpens
Right ascension: 15h 16m 05.3s
Declination: –00° 06′ 41″
Apparent magnitude (V): +11.75
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO ASI2600MC camera running at 0F, 108x60 seconds guided exposures, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro pier mounted, ZWO EAF and ASIAir Pro, processed in DSS and PixInsight. Image Date: May 25, 2023. Location: The Dark Side Observatory (W59), Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
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