Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
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Messier 3, M3, Björn Hoffmann
Messier 3, M3
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Messier 3, M3

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Messier 3, M3, Björn Hoffmann
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Messier 3, M3

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Messier 3 is a large globular cluster, but it is also more than 30.000 lightyears away from earth. A tiny target for my 250mm focal lenght, but again it worked out well! Even from the light polluted bortle 8 skies I am shooting from!

This image was processed with 2x drizzle and a heavy crop.

What I find extremely interesting: There is a small galaxy at 10 o'clock and that's NGC5263. It is whopping 218 MILLION light years away! I assume I have never catched so old photons!

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Messier 3, M3, Björn Hoffmann

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