Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020, John O'Neal, NC Stargazer
2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020
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2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020

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2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020, John O'Neal, NC Stargazer
2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020
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2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020 at the Shiloh Observatory.

Canon 60Da Astrocamera at prime focus of an Orion EON ED80 with a 0.50 Focal Reducer.

Also included in this image is NGC 1893, an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the HII region IC 410.

Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4600 young stellar objects

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2020 M3, Comet ATLAS shot December 10th, 2020, John O'Neal, NC Stargazer

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