Messier 3

Messier 3 a beautiful globular cluster in Canes Venatici.

 

This was captured from my garden on 3rd April 2023 with a bright 95% lunar phase. This made the sky very bright making most deep sky targets washed out.

 

Globular clusters are bright in terms of deep sky targets and are still possible to image despite the bright moon.

 

This was captured using my monochrome camera and red, green and blue filters to create a full colour final image.

 

242 total minutes captures

 

Red 80 x 60s

Blue 77 x 60s

Green 85 x 60s

 

- ZWO 533MM

- Antlia RGB 36mm

- Skywatcher 8” newtonian

- ZWO EAF, EFW, OAG

 

NINA for capture, APP for stacking, Siril and Photoshop CC for processing.

 

 

Done