M3 - the dog's ...! (Tom Gray)

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

M3 - the dog's ...!

Having setup my DSCs on my LX6 mount, and run a pointing analysis (TPAS) using my Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer, I was pleased to see M3 in the centre of FOV (not that it is difficult to find).

After a long stretch of bad weather, I spent some time touring the myriad fine open clusters that adorn the winter hexagon, delighted to be able to accurately and almost effortlessly ‘push to’ find these. If you haven’t ‘star gazed’ for a while, I’d encourage you to turn off the monitor, look up and enjoy the night sky.

Despite some haze, I decided to try an image using my DSI II OSC. 20m integration of unguided 60s exposures produced a reasonable image. With its tiny 1/2” chip, the Meade DSI II OSC has limited resolution, but reasonable FOV in my 80mm refractor, and the ‘postage stamp’ sized images are so quick to process.

I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether it was worth it, M3 is a fine globular cluster in Canes Venatici, a delight in an eyepiece, and impressive in higher resolution images.

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