This image of M5 is a single 1 minute exposure taken on April 17th, 1998 with my Meade LX200 10" F/6.3 telescope with a SBIG ST-8 CCD camera and the new AO-7 Adaptive Optics.
RA (2000)
15:18.6
DEC (2000)
+02:05
Magnitude
5.8
Size
17.4 arc min
Constellation
Serpens Caput
Other Name
NGC 5904
Distance
~ 23,500 Light Years
Object Type
Type 5 Globular Cluster
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