Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  IC 4537  ·  M 5  ·  NGC 5904
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Messier 5: The Rose Star Cluster, Sky Story
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Messier 5: The Rose Star Cluster

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Messier 5: The Rose Star Cluster

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It is impossible not to love globular star clusters.  Like mini, spherical galaxies, these structures have fascinated me since I was a child.  And their origins are still little understood, though insofar as I understand it, they generally are as old as the galaxies they orbit.  And bright star clusters make good targets on a full moon night.  This one was rising in the east a couple hours before the moon rose so I imaged it in LRGB till the moon came up, then turned the telescope toward a westerly target far off from the moon's unwelcomed glare.

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Messier 5: The Rose Star Cluster, Sky Story