M5 - Globular Cluster - Class V

M5 - Is a Class XI Globular Cluster that discovered by German Astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1702.  It is one of the oldest globular cluster in the Milky Way.  It is 160 light-years in diameter and contains over 100,000 stars of the majority are over 12 billion years old.   M5 is located in the constellation Serpens at 15h 18m 33.2s RA, +02o 04m 51.7s DEC and is 23' arc minutes. It is 24,500 Light Years from Earth, and has a visual magnitude of 5.7.
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Freeport, IL  USA
14 August 2021
43m 59s
Sony A6000
1250
91 Sec
ES127 Triplet
952mm  f/7.5


DeepSkyStacker
Pixinsight
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1 Session on August 14.  Used Darks and Flats.



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