Globular cluster M5 in Serpens

by: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix
Reference: a-agb59-04002
Date: 2006-09-15

This globular cluster is one of the largest (165 light year) and one of the oldest known (13 billion years). It lies at about 25 000 light years away in the Serpens constellation.

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