jeff heck
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I was out late at a dark site last night and after working in Virgo all night I spent some time looking at a few globulars.I like M13 and the Catseye but M5 stole the show.The view at 171x was amazing,bright and resolved to the core.There was also a milky white coloring spread throughout the cluster.I guess my scope was fully cooled down and the transparency was good to great,but this was my best view of any glob to date.I must get out soon and spend some time with the Messier objects again,maybe only a short list of objects. 
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jack45
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Jeff
I agree and viewed M13,M3,M14,M12 and M10 last weekend! M5 just sits out there and was bright. I used my 12"f/4.9 and a pair of 21mm Tele Vue smooth side eps in the BV. At around 210x is was great viewing! You can never get enough of Globular clusters!
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jeff heck
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Twin Tele Vues in a 12" should make most dso's look great,Jack.I envy your set up.After a night of looking at small faint galaxies the globulars and Jupiter really were impressive.
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I'm envious--my weather has been cloudy/rainy/bright moon for a long time this spring. M5 is a great globular in smaller scopes, and only gets better as aperture increases. My viewing plans include looking for Palomar 5 nearby M5--if the weather ever cooperates.
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The Orion XT10 was my first big scope. I first saw M13 which was my first Globular cluster with it! "Wow" I'll never forget the view! Jupiter only once this year, just to early in the morning for me! Maybe this weekend!
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I prefer M-5 to M-13 myself, and through a large telescope at high power it overruns the field with stars and even shows colors.
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jeff heck
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M13 was also my first dso from a dark site.As George Steinbrenner says from Seinfield,it "blew me away".
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LumpyDarkness
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Quote:
I'm envious--my weather has been cloudy/rainy/bright moon for a long time this spring. M5 is a great globular in smaller scopes, and only gets better as aperture increases. My viewing plans include looking for Palomar 5 nearby M5--if the weather ever cooperates.
Same here, regarding the weather.
Pal 5 is a toughie! But, don't forget the nice view of 5 Seprens in the same wide-field view as M5... nice double!
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 I totally agree!
Last night I was out in my back yard (not quite a dark sky site). After checking out some double stars, I decided to make it a night of globulars, which I am relative newbie at observing.
I observed, in this order, M53, M3, M5, and M4. I think M5 was my favorite. Earlier in the week, I had observed M13. It's another favorite, but M5 was VERY nice! M4, though, is the most unique. I assume that's the one you refer to as the "Catseye"? I observed M4 several times last year, but found it hard to see the globular structure. I mostly saw that brightest central band. But, last night, I saw the circular structure with that central band, giving it a unique catseye appearance.
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alanon
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I love the M-5 Glob. It has a most unique look to it. It is as though there is a web like structure made up of brighter stars entrapping a brilliant core. I think that M-5 is right up there in my list of favorite targets to observe in my Dob!
I was looking at it last night on a particularly nice viewing session as the sky was very clear and still. It is always a treat! 
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I agree. M5 blew my socks off the first time i saw it in my 18". Spectacular sight...
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AlanK
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I'll second that - and takes higher powers well. Even with the 10" back in the UK it resolved all the way to the core. It's certainly one of the best globulars visually and is also well placed for us southerners!
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jeff heck
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To me it looks like M5 has a stiff wind blowing across it,like white shafts of wheat.Sorry,too much coffee...
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M5 is a beauty - here's my 3 seconds of photons for reference 
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Michael & Louise
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M5 is easily one of my favorite globulars as well. It was the first object I observed through an 8" dob and it was amazing. I do think it beats M13 for me. See the sketch I made that night.
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M5's one of my favorite globs, too. 
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I <3 m5.
today the skies are looking pretty good in central CA, i'm starting to get excited...
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John Kocijanski
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M5's one of my favorite globs, too.
Same here. However I think my most favorite is M22.
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jeff heck
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Those are two great sketches of M5,very nice.
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boatstar
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I, too claim M22 as my favorite, but M5 is right up there. Next time you're visiting M5, slide a few degrees west to the last bright star in Virgo (109). Right next to it is a great spindle galaxy, NGC 5746. We could just spot it in an 8" last Friday, and its outstanding through larger apertures. I guess it gets little respect since its so close to all of the shock and awe galaxies in Virgo.
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