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DESCRIPTION This huge ball of stars predates our Sun. Long before humankind evolved, before dinosaurs roamed, and even before our Earth existed, ancient globs of stars condensed and orbited a young Milky Way Galaxy. Of the 200 or so globular clusters that survive today, M3 is one of the largest and brightest, easily visible in the Northern hemisphere with binoculars. M3 contains about half a million stars, most of which are old and red. Light takes about 100,000 years to reach us from M3, which spans about 150 light years. Constellation: Canes Venatici - Distance: 33,900 Light Years RA: 13h 42m 24s - DEC: +28d 21m 32s - Magnitude: 6.40 - Apparent Size: 16.2' |
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| Date Taken: 02/17/07 Telescope: Intes MK-69 F6 6" MakCass Camera: SBIG ST10XME Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME Filters: Astrodon RGB Guider: Self Guided |
R 4 X 600sec @ 1x1 G 6 X 600sec @ 1x1 B 6 X 600sec @ 1x1 Image Aquired with CCDAutoPilot |
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