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Messier 5 |
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 | M5 is another globular that should have more fans. With a very steady dark sky, you can see it shining brilliantly with your naked eye. With a 10-inch telescope, you may view about 300 stars in the field of M5. At 49X this cluster was easily found. A few stars were resolved with one very bright star to the SW. At high powers this is a grand cluster in an 8" scope. It appears very large and round with a bright center. Fully resolved right to the core, the stars appear to form arms that radiate from the center outwards arcing around the cluster. . |
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M5 NGC 5904 Other description: Globular cluster highly resolved. Constellation: Serpens Dreyer description: Very remarkable!, globular cluster, very bright, large, extremely compressed middle, stars of magnitude 11 to 15; = M5. Magnitude: 5.8 RA: 15h 18m 49.9s Dec: +02°03'56" RA: 15h 18m 36.0s Dec: +02°05'00" (Epoch 2000) Azm: 328°41'51" Alt: -37°01'59" Rise: 15:55 Transit: 22:06 Set: 04:21 Size:17.4' |