Messier 5

Globular Cluster M 5 (NGC 5904), class V, in Serpens

[M 5 image]

RA:
15:18:33.22
Dec:
+02:04:51.7
Distance from Sun:
24.4 kly
Distance from Galactic Center:
20.2 kly
Apparent Diameter:
23.0 arc min
Brightness:
5.65 mag vis
Radial Velocity:
+53.2 +/- 0.4 km/s
Diameter:
124 ly
Abs. Mag:
-8.81 Mag vis
Discovered on May 5, 1702 by Gottfried and Maria Margarethe Kirch.
Independently rediscovered by Charles Messier on May 23, 1764.


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