3: photos on Flickr

Messier 3 is a globular cluster made up of around half a million stars found in the constellation Canes Venatici. This type of cluster acts like a satellite to its parent galaxy, orbiting above the galactic plane rather than being located in the galaxy's disk like the less dense open clusters. Clusters like this are common, M3 is one of about 150 globular clusters that belong to the Milky Way galaxy, not many compared to the amount that belong to some galaxies, there are over 13,000 globular clusters orbiting the supergiant elliptical galaxy M87 for example. Messier 3 is thought to be around 8 billion years old, but like all globs, how they form exactly is still unknown.

Exposure Details:

126*300sec, f7, ISO 800

Total Exposure: 10.5 hours

Imaged over 2 nights: 20th, 21st April

Scope: Altair Astro 115EDT

Camera: Canon 600Da

Mount: NEQ6

Sand 3 by Ingrid Donkelaar

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Assassin bug 3 by ben stanley

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3 ...... scatto by Ivan Zanotti Photo

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3 chairs by zen Sutherland

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3 by Jorge Sato

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<3 by Shindong

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Hey there miao

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
And we'll just laugh along because
We know that none of them have felt this way ...

Will u kiss me - G.NA

p/s dnay vincom mở dãy bán đồ chơi thix ế haha. đi w mi heo a kych a linh speical vào phá vui kinh <3 bonus siêu xe haha

<3 by Entwined Hair

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Hello angels <3

First of all, thank you Marcy for this picture :) It's gorgeous!

The Fantasy Collective opens on the 20th! (Don't forget to stop by on the 19th for early access if you're in the Blogger Support group)

LM to our Mainstore

Happy shopping!

Blair~

125 824-3 by Damian Szarek

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26.11.2017. Slanec. 125 824-3

sixx pridee<3. by Lesley6<'3

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Oh lookey,it's meee(:

ellllllo <"3

prom 3 by Jordon Pipkin

<3 by مملوحـه الفال

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لأآتآمن الخوآن لو زخرف حكآه أن خان بك مره ،،

يبي بآكر يخون

احذر عدوك ، غايته فيك ومناه يزرع بصدرك

من قنه رمحه طعون

ل \ خالد الفيصل ~

3 by HLG114

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<3 by мαнασу

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اﻟحياة تحتَاج مِنا إﻟى ! ,

بعض اﻟمُخاطرھ . .

ورُبما قلِيل مِن اﻟجنُون

ﻟ تستَمر . . <3

Proba-3 by European Space Agency

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Technology image of the week highlights ESA’s double-satellite Proba-3 mission that will be flying where no previous member of the Proba minisatellite family has gone before – up to 60 000 km away, a seventh of the way to the Moon.

Set for launch in 2019, the two satellites will be launched together into a highly elliptical or elongated orbit, ranging from an perigee (low point) of 600 km up to an apogee (high point) of 60 000 km.

“This long 19.7 hour orbit will allow us to maintain sustained contact with the two satellites using a single ground station,” explains Agnes Mestreau-Garreau, Proba-3 project manager.

“And around the high point of the orbit we will be able to spend around six hours on solar observation or devoted to experimental formation flying manoeuvres.”

The latest member of ESA’s experimental Proba minisatellite family, Proba-3’s paired satellites will manoeuvre relative to each other with millimetre and fraction-of-a-degree precision, intended to serve as the virtual equivalent of a giant structure in space and so open up a whole new way of running space missions.

As has become traditional with Proba missions, the success of Proba-3’s technology will be proven through acquiring high-quality scientific data. In this case, the smaller ‘occulter’ satellite will blot out the Sun’s fiery disc as viewed by the larger ‘coronagraph’ satellite, revealing mysterious regions of our parent star’s ghostly ‘corona’, or outer atmosphere.

When in Sun-observing mode, the two satellites will maintain formation exactly 150 m apart, lined up with the Sun so the occulter casts a shadow across the face of the coronagraph, blocking out solar glare to come closer to the Sun’s fiery surface than ever before, other than during frustratingly brief terrestrial solar eclipses.

The challenge is in keeping the satellites safely controlled and correctly positioned relative to each other. This will be accomplished using various new technologies, including bespoke formation-flying software, relative GPS information, intersatellite radio links, startrackers, and optical visual sensors and optical metrologies for close-up manoeuvring.

Fifteen ESA Member States are participating in the Proba-3 consortium, with SENER in Spain as prime contractor for the satellite platforms and Centre Spatial de Liège in Belgium as prime contractor for the coronagraph.

Credit: ESA-P. Carril, 2013

3 of 5 by TheCarhotel

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Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster #3 of 5

3 km ➜ by ángel mateo

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Pulsa L para verlo en caja de luz (fondo negro).

3 by Lloyd Austin

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Always a pleasure to visit Godrevy and another very enjoyable meet up with fellow flickr friend Dom Haughton.

Calm conditions on this particular visit and different view point onto the island.

Thanks very much for viewing. Have a great weekend :)

3-5-15 295 HAPPY WEEKEND DEAR FRIENDS!!! by Katie Kallos

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From dark clouds we get precious water..

From dark mines we get valuable jewels..

From our darkest trials come our best Blessings from God.

-Unknown

<3 by Sandra Djurbuzovic

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♫♫

Explore / Interestingness / February 14.

مـابقــى بالقلــــب حيــــل <\3 :") ! by Memesha ♥

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All By ; Me ;*

WithOutEdit <3

3 by peterphotographic

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Processed with CameraBag 2

A brass combination padlock

For Macro Mondays theme - Metal

Walthamstow, East London, UK

Aisle 3 by Michael Wilson

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Paramount Theater, Aurora IL

3, JB64 MCL by West Midlands Buses

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Midland Classic E200 3 passes Burton New Street whilst carrying a 1 service for Tutbury

Vehicle Details

Operator: Midland Classic

Fleet Details: 3

Registration: JB64 MCL

Vehicle Type: Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 E20D

3, BF68 LCX by West Midlands Buses

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East Yorkshire Levante III 3 departs Birmingham Coach Station whilst carrying a 322 service to Swansea

This vehicle has been wrapped - on its nearside - with the winning design of National Express 'Driving Design' competition.

Vehicle Details

Operator: Go-Ahead, East Yorkshire

Fleet Details: 3

Registration: BF68 LCX

Vehicle Type: Volvo B11RT, Caetano Levante III

Turbo 3.6 by Gaetan | www.carbonphoto.fr

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Porsche 964 Turbo 3.6 - Perouges

<3 by juli

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3/52 Howdy by Sanne Ammitzbøll

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We had a few day of snow, and we did a bit of fetch trying with Mister Howdy

UAE <3 BHR by M.$.K

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3 Trees by Janet Capling

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3 Minutes On by Andrew Mowbray

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3 minutes on from the previous post and the sun is now illuminating the summit of Parkhouse

Barbie Looks #3 by Alberto Garcia

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Kit

Faces of 2022 #3 Mamiya RB67 ProS 6x7 film by Leka Hasselind 岭影人

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Sekor C 180mm Kodak Portra 400

232 409-3 by Michael E. Klaß

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232 409-3 wartet im Bw Seddin auf neue Aufgaben

232 409-3 waits at the Seddin depot for new duties

3 by Sean M Giles

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3 by Yasin Cobanoglu

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3-14-15 3908 Hanging in there! by Katie Kallos

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Worship will get you through the roughest times in your life, because it shifts your focus from the problem to the problem solver.

doorways 3 by Ursula Ansbach

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#3 by Mark

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I almost missed this one.

3 balloon dawn by Andrew Wallace

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