Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
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Messier 3 Globular Cluster, Rodney Bell
Messier 3 Globular Cluster
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Messier 3 Globular Cluster

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Messier 3 Globular Cluster, Rodney Bell
Messier 3 Globular Cluster
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Messier 3 Globular Cluster

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Messier, M-3 Globular Cluster...

This 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. It is centered about 33,900 light-years away from Earth.

Taken with this scope and camera...Last night, while dodging clouds and winds...

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Celestron 9.25 SCT with f/6.3 Reducer

ASI294MC Pro Cooled Camera

12X300 Second RGB colors

15X120 Luminance

15 Darks

20 Flats

15 Bias

Filters: IR-Cut

Optolong L-eXtreme

PHD2 Guiding

Processed with Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop / Lr 2021

MacBook Preview and Photoscape

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Messier 3 Globular Cluster, Rodney Bell