2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5099Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for the field of the globular cluster Pal 5 reveal the existence of a long massive stream of tidal debris spanning an arc of 10 degrees on the sky. Pal 5 thus provides an outstanding example for tidal disruption of globular clusters in the Milky Way. Radial velocities from VLT spectra show that Pal 5 has an extremely low velocity dispersion, in accordance with the very low mass derived from its total luminosity.2 pages. To appear in "New Horizons in Globular Cluster Astronomy", eds. G. Piotto. G. Meylan, G. Djorgovski, M. Riello, ASP Conf. Ser. (2002)Astrophysicstext