M5 and 5Ser

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M5, the rose cluster, framed with nearby variable binary 5 Ser.
Telescope:   Celestron EdgeHD 9.25
Length:   1645mm
Aperture:   235mm
F-stop:   f/7.0
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2022-04-05 to 2022-04-05
Lights:   30
Exposure:   120
Total exposure:   60 m
Ra:   15h 18m 58.1s
Dec:   +1° 58' 58.452
Size:   36.098 x 24.458 arcmin
Radius:   0.363 deg
Scale:   0.382 arcsec/pixel

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'My friend, I don't always photograph stars, but when I do, I prefer globular clusters.' M5 is a top favorite of mine (M13 holds the #1 spot) and I was excited to image it at 1650mm focal length. You can count the stars! (When William Herschel did it in 1791, he counted 200).

Objects in frame:

M5 NGC5904 The star 5Ser
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