How To Find M5 (Easy Method)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- One of my favourite type of star clusters is a "globular cluster" a dense ball of stars which look just like that through a telescope... A little ball of stars..
M5 is a beautiful example of a globular cluster and in this video I will show you a easy method on how to find this often overlooked little gem..
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Software used in this video : stellarium.com
Hey I just want to say thank you for teaching me that I don't need to by all the expensive stuff so see great things. You also taught me things like how to colomate my newtonian. Since then I've pointed my telescope at several targets and been amazed. What was perhaps the most helpful thing you taught me was that with my eyes I would only see a grey blob. Once I saw that for the first time, I finally knew what to look for and was able to set my expectations and just appreciate what I was seeing. So thank you for all you've taught me, and what you are yet to teach me.
Clear skies,
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You're more than welcome my friend... Great to hear I've been helping you enjoy the night sky.
My favorite astronomy channel cant get enough!
Great to hear, thanks for watching my friend.
i used your advice last night and made a dew hood for light pollution, covered my head with a towel, let my telescope adjust to outside and my eyes adjust for 30mins and wow it was great, i saw so many star clusters, no clue what they were because i have no finder set up but wow it was amazing ☄️✨⭐️
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Great to hear my friend. Keep on enjoying the night sky. All the best for the new year.
I saw a globular cluster (47 Tuc) for the first time last week and it blew my mind, I'll definitely try to find M5
Happy hunting friend..
This is the only correct way to find sky objects manually.... And I also locate any object in the sky in the same way....
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You've been my guiding hand from the start of my journey in this magical hobby: you gave me tips for my first telescope ( skywatcher 130! ), you taught me how to care for it and how to improve it and finally you taught me how to search the skies for all these wonders.
Know that there is a happy Italian skygazer that is watching the skies thanks to your help!
All the best and clear skies, keep these gems going!
Fantastic to hear. Comments like yours are what makes it all worthwhile. Clear skies my friend all the best.
Looking forward to more vide like this Jason!
Wrong hemisphere for me but I enjoy your other videos, Jason. Very new to astronomy and your channel is one of the best. Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences.
Yay your back
M5 is Magnitude 5.6 and is visible under dark skies, but a pair of 7x50mm binoculars should spot it easily enough, it will be a small smudge of light with no edges. It is getting lower in the sky so won't be as bright as it was in July. M13 the Hercules cluster is a magnitude 5.8, but has a tighter center where M5 doesn't, so M13 is easier to see and higher in the sky with less atmosphere to look through. Makes a difference.
Try finding M22 a Mag. 5.1 cluster over by the Teapot of Sagittarius, it is just above the lid or dome of the Teapot asterisk. It is still pretty bright.
Is that a new scope Jason has.? This channel is great for beginners, like me, and makes finding objects easier, for anyone not familiar with our night sky. Keep it up Jason.
Thank you for your kind words my friend... It's not that new I've had it a couple of years now just not featured it on the channel much that's all.
Thank you so much! I'm just starting out, and you've helped me immensely! First Newtonian and a Lil camera. Really appreciate all the help, mate! Cheers!
nice Video jason!! Im a Big fan of Globulars myself! M5 is one of The coolest of all Globs!
in terms of visability, M5 is both larger and brighter than M13
altho a significant portion of it's size is made up of the diffuse border of magnitude 9 to 10 stars, much more so than M13
the way I managed to locate it by using the "legs" of Virgo by forming a chain of 3 stars pointing in same overall direction and of similar distances and brightness with the "leg" closer to the celestial pole that 3rd star added will be right next to M5
the telescope that I use has a large 10inch mirror and 30x magnification whitch makes objects more distinguishable while also making the starfield in the telescope is pretty differend than what I see with my eyes alone requiring the use of pretty precise star hopping and pattern memorization, making the use closest bright stars to the objects themselves if there are any I can use
Ah, my hero strikes again. Now to go take a look.
Great info. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Wow Mr. Jason..❤ Thank you so much for everything.. crystal clear informations as always..❤
You're most welcome friend.
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Thanks!
Would love to see a colab video between you and Astrobiscuit i think you both would make a wonderful team; also thank you for the wonderful tip ill certainly try this next time im out!
Clear skies
Great tip there Jason. Would love to find M5. It's cloudy here in South Louisiana. Expect ing rain here in the next 2 days. 😢😢 will be looking for it. Thanks Going to try with a 20 mm x66 wide field
Hope it clears up soon for you my friend... Happy hunting😀
I have a Telrad on my 8", and last night I located a pdf file (18 pages total; 2 pages list all the objects M1-M110, 1 page is a zoom view of the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies (for map #7), and the remaining 15 pages seem to be pretty easy to comprehend constellation/star maps), that is specifically intended for using a Telrad to locate these Messier Objects. So far I have seen only the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn (and Neptune or Uranus), in that order. I have not found/seen a single Deep Sky object yet, but I am very excited to see how easy these maps are to use (or not!). I am brand new to astronomy!! Two weeks ago it was great visibility every night, followed by nothing but clouds, overcast and rain ever since. That, and I'm trying to collimate this 8" fossil so I can see far enough without absolutely distorted vision. My question to anybody here with experience is, are Telrads good, great, terrible, impractical or practical to locate Deep Sky objects with? Are finder scopes or red dot finders a better choice?
Hello there.. First off, welcome to the hobby.. Telrad's are fantastic but when it comes down to finder scopes it's more personal preference than which one is better.. In other words one isn't better than the other so to say but do differ slightly as in practicality, for instance, optical finders that magnify are sometimes preferred for deep sky hunting ect, but personally I prefer a red dot or Telrad.
@@smalloptics753 Thanks so much for the reply, Jason! You have an outstanding channel in operation here! One glance at the comments certainly makes that clear. I love this Telrad, but was not sure if other options may be better. I'll be back to leave a comment the first night I can successfully locate a Messier Object! Three Cheers, Jason!!!
I already saw this! I even have a picture of it!
Your videos are always very helpful, keep it up!
Recently I've been trying to find the crescent nebula NGC 6888 with my 8 inch reflector. Im in bortle 4 but I just couldnt find it. Do you have any experience with finding and observing this target?
Hello there , The crescent nebula is quite a faint object but with your telescope and sky conditions you should be able to see it. One thing I would recommend is a UHC filter which will really help to make this elusive target more visible . Good luck and happy hunting.
@@smalloptics753 thanks, ill try that. I actually have one lying around but barely ever used it until now
Your triangle method is useful.
Very much appreciated my friend thank you.
Will try it next time I'm out!
Good luck, happy hunting 🔭
thanks
What eyepiece size would be best for m5 Jason?
Hello Stephen, start with low power at first just to get the object centred something like a 25mm then I like to up to a 17mm ... The great thing about globular clusters is once your eyes are nicely dark adapted you can really up the power and maybe use a 10mm to bring out more individual stars... Have fun.
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Thanks for watching😀
I am using celestron astro master 130 eq
My problem is that while iam using 10mm eye piece iam always getting improperly focused image ( even after focusing)
Iam looking for help
Im surprised my f/6.5 refractor can even locate any globular cluster, even if its faint
Brother I need a help from you pls😢
My RA axis is too tight to rotate by slow motion cables , what should I do to repair that ?
Mate give me a call when you see this