M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens (Gary Seven)

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 Globular Cluster in Serpens

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M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

Globular cluster M5 in Serpens. After reading a thread on shooting Globs on CloudyNights I wanted to try shorter sub exposures than were used in my M13 image. These are 30 seconds subs. Not sure I am seeing much difference (except for the storage space on my computer).

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Title: M5 PixInsight Reprocessed

Description: My first globular cluster effort in PixInsight. The hard part was getting 5 Serpentis correct. It's a double separated by 11 arc seconds and 5 magnitudes of brightness difference. I really wanted it in there (tail wagging the dog?). My initial stretch attempts had the halo overwhelming the companion. Eventually, I stumbled across the secret in GHS: placing the symmetry point left of the histogram peak. Perhaps not the best for the cluster, but I did capture the double.

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Title: M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

Description: A minor revision attempting to sharpen the core a bit. Double star 5 Ser came out a little better too.

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Astrometry.net job	5842352
PixInsight job	N02DWI091H908R7M86KE88U9589ZSDFM
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	15h18m34s.506
RA (top/left)	15h21m00s.963
RA (top/right)	15h17m28s.212
RA (bottom/right)	15h16m07s.504
RA (bottom/left)	15h19m40s.329

Dec (center)	+02°04′49″.39
Dec (top/left)	+02°01′48″.45
Dec (top/right)	+02°37′38″.52
Dec (bottom/right)	+02°07′43″.51
Dec (bottom/left)	+01°31′55″.38

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