GGCs database: globular cluster NGC 5904

Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")

Selected: NGC 5904

Parameters
Positional Parameters
cluster	NGC 5904
name	M 5
RA	15 18 33.22
Declination	+02 04 51.7
Galactic longitude	3.86
Galactic latitude	46.8
R sun	7.5
R gc	6.2
X	5.1
Y	0.3
Z	5.5
Photometric Parameters
E (B-V)	0.03
V HB	15.07
(m-M)	14.46
Vt	5.65
MVt	-8.81
(U-B)	0.17
(B-V)	0.72
(V-R)	0.45
(V-I)	0.95
S_RR	37.7
HBR	0.31
hbt	3
Structural Parameters
[Fe / H]	-1.29
SpT	F7
v_r	53.2
err	0.4
v_LSR	64.3
c	1.73
r_c	0.44
r_h	1.77
r_t	28.4
lg(tc)	8.28
lg(th)	9.41
mu_V	16.09
rho_v	3.88
Color-magnitude diagrams
author	Sandquist, Eric L.; Bolte, Michael; Stetson, Peter B.; Hesser, James E.
title	CCD Photometry of the Globular Cluster M5. I. The Color-Magnitude Diagram and Luminosity Functions
journal	Astrophysical Journal, 1996, v.470, p.910
CM diagram

Description of NGC 5904
M5 is, under extremely good conditions, just visible to the naked eye as a faint "star" near the star 5 Serpentis. Binoculars or small telescopes will identify this cluster as non-stellar while larger telescopes will start to show individual stars, of which the brightest are of apparent magnitude 12.2. 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. M5 is not to be confused with the much fainter and more distant globular Palomar 5 which is situated nearby in the sky. Source: Wikipedia \| Notify inaccuracies
Image
Image of the cluster from the Digital Sky Survey
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Selected biblio
Paper n. 1
Arellano Ferro, A. et al. A new overview of secular period changes of RR Lyrae stars in M5 2016, MNRAS, Volume 461, Issue 1, p.1032-1044 (NGC 5904 variables )
Paper n. 2
Yong, David; Karakas, Amanda I.; Lambert, David L.; Chieffi, Alessandro; Limongi, Marco Heavy Element Abundances in Giant Stars of the Globular Clusters M4 and M5 2008, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 689, Issue 2, pp. 1031-1043 (NGC 6121 NGC 5904 )
Paper n. 3
P. C. C. Freire, A. Wolszczan, M. van den Berg, J. W. T. Hessels A Massive Neutron Star in the Globular Cluster M5 2008, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 679, Issue 2, pp. 1433-1442. (NGC 5904 )
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