Messier 5 in Serpens

Posted by M. Geldorp
on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Observed with an 8" Dobsonian at 244X magnification.

Fully resolved at 244X. Beautiful sight! Stars are seen right across the cluster including in the core. Large round bright center. Stars appear to form arms radiating outward from the center, almost forming circles around the cluster.

http://mordorp.zymichost.com/Astrohomepage/htmlfiles/index2.html

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