M3, NGC 5272, (That's no moon. It's a space station.) (Alan Howell)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 3 · NGC 5272

M3, NGC 5272, (That's no moon. It's a space station.), Alan Howell

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M3, NGC 5272, (That's no moon. It's a space station.)

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M3, NGC 5272, (That's no moon. It's a space station.)

Link: https://www.starpathimages.com/Photography/Astrophotography/i-XvRJ5rh/A

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

I captured this strange disturbance on the 4th while looking at the M3 star cluster last night....
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Messier 3 (M3; also NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.

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 at 32,600 light-years (10.0 kpc) away from Earth.
It was discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula without stars. This mistake was corrected after the stars were resolved by William Herschel around 1784. Since then, it has become one of the best-studied globular clusters.

It is believed to be the remains of the destruction of the Galactic Empire's planet-class destroyer weapon, the Death Star, a large space station, sometimes mistaken for a small moon.

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