Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  5 Ser  ·  HD136202  ·  IC 4537  ·  M 5  ·  NGC 5904  ·  The star 5 Ser
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M5 in Serpens. SVX140 6200MC 3rd Lynx Esprit 80 guide scope 178MM guide camera 51mins, Rick Evans
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M5 in Serpens. SVX140 6200MC 3rd Lynx Esprit 80 guide scope 178MM guide camera 51mins

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M5 in Serpens. SVX140 6200MC 3rd Lynx Esprit 80 guide scope 178MM guide camera 51mins, Rick Evans
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M5 in Serpens. SVX140 6200MC 3rd Lynx Esprit 80 guide scope 178MM guide camera 51mins

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This was one of the few nights free of wildfire smoke blowing over from Canada.  Seeing was at least average.  I was testing out a rig repair to eliminate differential flexure in my guiding and picked M5 as a logical target.  Instead of my EvoGuide 50 f4.8 and ZWO ASI120MM guiding setup, I'm now using an Esprit 80 f5 with field flattener and ZWO ASI178MM as my guide setup.  I have it perched on a top rail of my Stellarvue 140.  That was were the slight flexure was coming from but I've eliminated it using some washers.

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M5 in Serpens. SVX140 6200MC 3rd Lynx Esprit 80 guide scope 178MM guide camera 51mins, Rick Evans