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Globular cluster M5 in Serpens

author: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-agb59-04002

Image Size 300 DPI: 40 * 51 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

1991 - AAO - ASTRONOMY - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - M5 - NGC 5904 - POSTER - SERPENS - SIDING SPRING - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -