Deep sky · Globular cluster in Serpens Caput · M 5 · NGC 5904
M 5
Rose Cluster
One of the oldest and finest globular clusters in the northern sky, about 13 billion years old.
- Type
- Globular cluster
- Designations
- M 5 · NGC 5904
- Constellation
- Serpens Caput
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.7
- Apparent size
- 23′
- Position (J2000)
- RA 15h 19m · Dec +2° 05′
Look for
Found by Gottfried Kirch in 1702 when he was looking at a comet. Its bright core and its halo of stars show well in any telescope.