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M3

"Messier 3 is one of the most popular targets among amateur astronomers next to Messier 13, the Hercules Globular Cluster, and one of the most studied of all known globular clusters. It has an absolute magnitude of about -8.93 and a luminosity about 300,000 times that of the Sun. The cluster is approaching us at 147.6 km/s."

 

Askar 120APO: 840mm f/7

ZWO ASI533MC Cooled Color Camera at -20C

Guided on ZWO AM5

3x180s with UV/IR cut filter

Processed with PixInsight, Ps

 

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Uploaded on May 1, 2024