Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
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Took advantage of a few hours of clear sky last night to photograph M3. This globular cluster is one of the largest and brightest, and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old and it's center is 32,615 light-years from Earth. When first discovered they thought it was a nebula because the stars were so close together they couldn't resolve them individually

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