Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  M 5  ·  NGC 5904  ·  The star 5 Ser  ·  The star 6 Ser
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M5 wide field luminance image, erdmanpe
M5 wide field luminance image
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M5 wide field luminance image

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M5 wide field luminance image, erdmanpe
M5 wide field luminance image
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M5 wide field luminance image

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A wide-ish field luminance image of the beautiful globular.  Longer focal length is required to get more detail in the globular, but I also like to see it surrounded by so many stars.  Dark subtract, flat field and log stretch applied in Maxim to help with the large dynamic range.

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M5 wide field luminance image, erdmanpe