M3 Globual Cluster (Graham Roberts)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 3 · NGC 5272

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Of all the incredible features that constitute the Universe, located relatively close to home, I always marvel at globular clusters. Largely unknown by the lay person and myself until I took-up astronomy, more than 150 of these incredible objects orbit around the Milky Way, forming a spherical halo both above and below the galactic disc. Consisting of more than 500,000 million stars, of which at least 274 are variable stars, it is estimated to be over 11-billion years old, thus being some of the oldest stars in the Universe.
Using data gathered remotely with a Takahashi 106 FSQ situated in the dark skies of New Mexico, USA, the resulting image shows this spectacular object in all its glory. Apart from the marvellous star details within the cropped version of M3, there’s also much to see and enjoy in the original widefield image, that is bountiful of colourful stars as well as several galaxies. Altogether I’m very pleased with the final image, which is probably my best globular cluster so far.

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