Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD119391  ·  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
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M3, Kevin Festini
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M3

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M3

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Conditions weren't great so turned the scope to an easier target, M3. Happy with the individual star resolving power stretching pretty deep into the core.

At first I thought there was a lot of speckle noise in the background, but I realized those are just high magnitude stars barely popping out from the background.

Think this target is better visually than in a photo, but it is one of my favorites of the spring as you don't need super dark skies to observe it.

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M3, Kevin Festini