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Joe Stieber
May 2, 2017 at 12:27 pm
A beautiful image of M5, but with it being dead center, it looks like a go-to mount rather than a photographer composed the picture, especially with 5 Serpentis stuck in the upper-left corner. Also, I wonder why you would call Serpens a southern constellation? Most of Caput, where M5 is located (at +2 deg declination) is north of the celestial equator, and Cauda is roughly half-and-half with respect to the celestial equator.
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Richard S. Wright Jr.Post Author
May 3, 2017 at 11:59 pm
Hi Joe, and thanks for your comments.
I called it a southern constellation because it is to MY south... but you are right, this is unclear and I will watch for that in the future.
As for the framing, I also appreciate your opinion. I thought a bit about it, and cropped to keep the star purposely. Artistic taste can be subjective at times I suppose. I wanted to convey how large the cluster was, but also wanted to show the details and I didn't feel like I could retain that by cropping wider, and moving it off center.
Richard
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