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, Gary Seven
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M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

Revision title: M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

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M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens, Gary Seven
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M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

Revision title: M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

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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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M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens, Gary Seven