Observation by Alan Thomas: M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2022 Mar 17 - 00:35

Uploaded

2022 Mar 17 - 09:59

Objects

Equipment

Unistellar eQuinox 112mm reflector

Exposure

2min.

Location

Norbreck Observatory, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.

Target name

M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

Title

M5 Globular Cluster in Serpens

About this image

Discovered by Gottfried Kirch in May 1702. Distance c.24,500ly. Age c.13 billion years. Diameter c.165ly.

Bortle 7/8, Moon waxing gibbous, 13 days old, 98% illuminated.

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