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Messier 5 is a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of old stars held together by gravity, located about 24,500 light-years from Earth. It's one of the brightest globular clusters visible from the Northern Hemisphere and helps astronomers understand the structure and age of our galaxy.
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Messier 5 or M5 (also designated NGC 5904) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702.
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