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Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 14, 2013 at 8:58 pm
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Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici (not to be confused with M13, In Hercules).
From Wikipedia:
Messier 3 (also known as M3 or NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Charles Messier on May 3, 1764,[7] and resolved into stars by William Herschel around 1784. Since then, it has become one of the best-studied globular clusters.
Many amateur astronomers consider it one of the finest northern globular clusters, following only Messier 13.[1] M3 has an apparent magnitude of 6.2,[4] making it a difficult naked eye target even with dark conditions. With a moderate-sized telescope, the cluster is fully defined. It can be a challenge to locate through the technique of star hopping, but can be found by looking almost exactly halfway along an imaginary line connecting the bright star Arcturus to Cor Caroli. Using a telescope with a 25 cm (9.8 in) aperture, the cluster has a bright core with a diameter of about 6 arcminutes and spans a total of 12 arcminutes.[1]
This cluster is one of the largest and brightest, and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 8 billion years old. It is located at a distance of about 33,900 light-years away from Earth
Image:
32 x 90sec = 48 minutes exposure at ISO 800
Equipment same as my others.
Taken on April 4, 2011 at the Louisville Astronomical Society James baker Center for Astronomy.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 14, 2013 at 9:53 pm
Truly awe inspiring
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 15, 2013 at 1:22 am
Awesome pic of an awesome sight.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 15, 2013 at 5:10 am
Thanks, folks.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 15, 2013 at 10:25 am
Always a pleasure orogenicman to see your work. 
Did you capture the current aurora event? Don't forget the meteor shower on the 22nd of this month! 
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 15, 2013 at 11:24 am
No I didn't, and I know that no one at our club event Saturday tried and failed to do so as well. Apparently it didn't reach us here where I live.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 16, 2013 at 10:04 am
Still orogenicman, I am looking forward to the meteor shower on the 22nd.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 16, 2013 at 11:24 am
Oro, have you ever written down somewhere the process you go through to take these? I know David would love to read that.
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 16, 2013 at 11:48 am
(April 16, 2013 at 11:24 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Oro, have you ever written down somewhere the process you go through to take these? I know David would love to read that.
Hi:
No I haven't, and I am afraid the best way to learn it really is by doing. A friend came up last weekend all the way from Georgia to learn how to do it, so we spent all of Friday night out at the observatory doing just that.
So, when are you guys coming up? 
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- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
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RE: Messier 3, Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
April 16, 2013 at 12:11 pm
hahahahah, not till fall, sweet pea. We had to push our DC trip to June. It's been hard for him to get weekends off ever since taking over the flagship studio.
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