Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  M 5  ·  NGC 5904  ·  The star 5Ser
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M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory
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M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com
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M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory
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M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

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M5 is, under extremely good conditions, just visible to the naked eye as a faint "star" near the star 5 Serpentis. Binoculars or small telescopes will identify the object as non-stellar while larger telescopes will show some individual stars, of which the brightest are of apparent magnitude 12.2.

M5 was discovered by the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1702 when he was observing a comet. Charles Messier also noted it in 1764, but thought it a nebula without any stars associated with it. William Herschel was the first to resolve individual stars in the cluster in 1791, counting roughly 200.

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M5 - Deep Sky West Remote Obsevatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)