[SunkenCiv]

This is Messier 5, which means A) there are four that are even Messier than this one, and B) yours truly never gets tired of the Messier object joke.

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[TheOldLady]

That doesn’t look any messier than any other APOD photo, Civ. It’s kinda pretty and symmetrical, really. Thanks for the ping!