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Messier Three
M3 / NGC 5272
Globular Cluster
Canes Venatici
34 million light years
6.2
18 x 18 arcminutes
180 light years
1764, Charles Messier
May
13h 42m 11s
+28º 23’ 01”
Celestron EdgeHD 800
2 nights, April 2014
21 x 300s at ISO 800 with Canon EOS 60D
1 hour 45 minutes |