Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
Globular cluster of stars, M3, Alan Ćatović
Globular cluster of stars, M3
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Globular cluster of stars, M3

Globular cluster of stars, M3, Alan Ćatović
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Globular cluster of stars, M3

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Above M3 is HD 119391, a white subgiant star in the constellation Canes Venatici. It shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 8.40. HD 119391 is a multiple-star system. The star's age is estimated to be 2.3 billion years but is certainly no less than 2.1 billion years and no greater than 2.5 billion years. The iron abundance of HD 119391 is -0.14 (72.4% of the Sun).

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