M5
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By |
Catalog |
Obj Type |
Location |
Date Taken: |
Smoot |
Messier 5 |
Star cluster |
Mayhill, NM |
04-16-2008 |
Description |
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M5 was discovered by the German astronomer Gottfried Kirch in 1702 when he was observing a comet. Charles Messier found it in 1764 and thought it a nebula without any stars associated with it. William Herschel resolved individual stars in the cluster in 1791, counting roughly 200 of them. |
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Technical Details |
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Exposure Time: |
55 minutes each of RGB. FWHM's were about 1.0 for G and B and about 2.0 for R (seeing had degraded). | |||
Camera: |
SBIG STL-11000M | |||
Telescope: |
RCOS 16 inch f/8.7 Ritchey-Chretien | |||
Mount: |
Software Bisque Paramount ME | |||
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