Messier 5

5 final

Object:   M5  (NGC 6531) Date:               2018 August 2
Type:  Globular cluster
Constellation:           Serpens Time & altitude:          21.15 UT      30º
Catalogue data: Seeing (5 high):                               2/5
            R.A:                15h 19m Transparency (5 high):                   4/5
            Dec:                2º 05 Telescope:     0.5m f4.1  Dob.
            Magnitude     5.7 Eyepiece       8mm Ethos                x260
            Size (mins)    23 Filters:            None

Notes:

Half a degree N of 5th magnitude star 5 Serpens. This cluster is so much better than the numerous more southerly globulars I’ve looked at recently in Sagittarius & Scorpius which appear miserable from here.  Resolution into stars achieved right to the centre. Its diameter across the tenuous outer reaches is around 20 arcmins .