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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.