NGC5466

Description: NGC5466 is a rather loose globular cluster in Bootes, fairly near to M3. The distinction between the bright, dying red giant stars and the bluer main population is again apparent here.

Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 6 x 10s images in I-, R- and V-band, plus 10 x 10s unfiltered images, displayed at gamma = 1.25. Image taken 27/04/2006 22:16-22:24 BST.

Description: A clearer, monochrome image of the cluster.

Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 54 x 10s unfiltered images. Image taken 10/04/2007 23:15 UT.

Physical information: Magnitude: 9.0, size: 9.2', classification XII.

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