M3

 
 
 
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  • RA: 13:42.2
  • Dec: +28:23
  • Magnitude: 6.2
  • Distance: 33,900 ly
  • Constellation:  Canes Venatici

 

  • Scope: 8" SCT at f/10
  • Autoguider:  ST-4, faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  great transparency and seeing
  • Camera: Griffin Modified Canon 350XT
  • Exposure:  15 x 2 minutes
  • Date:  May 19, 2009

 

 

 
 
Comments:  M3 is one of the most outstanding globular clusters containing an estimated half million stars.  It is further away than the center of the Milky Way.