Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")
Release 11.12 ("Hergest Ridge")
| Link ID: lk94 | |
| Cluster | NGC 5904 |
| Name | APOD 2017 Nov 4 : Hubble's Messier 5 |
| Description | "Beautiful Nebula discovered between the Balance [Libra] & the Serpent [Serpens] ..." begins the description of the 5th entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier's famous catalog of nebulae and star clusters. Though it appeared to Messier to be fuzzy and round and without stars, Messier 5 (M5) is now known to be a globular star cluster, 100,000 stars or more... |
| Added on | 2017-11-08 |
| URL | https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171104.html [Cached version here] |
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