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Globular Cluster M5

Credit: Credit: Gianni Tumino (astrofilisiciliani.org)
M5 is perhaps the most spectacular globular cluster visible from the northern hemisphere, and can even be seen under excellent conditions with the naked eye, in the constellation Serpens.

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