Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  IC 4537  ·  M 5  ·  NGC 5904
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Messier 5 with C8, Marc Whitsett
Messier 5 with C8
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Messier 5 with C8

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Messier 5 with C8

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M5 is a superb globular cluster that's located close to the celestial equator in the constellation of Serpens (Caput).

It's visible to the naked eye under dark skies appearing as a faint "star" at magnitude +5.7. The cluster is large covering 23 arc minutes of apparent sky, which at a distance of 24,500 light-years corresponds to a spatial diameter of 160 light-years, making it one of the largest globulars in both apparent and actual size.

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Messier 5 with C8, Marc Whitsett

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