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M3
Location :
Optics :
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Landgraaf
Orion 80/600 ED
Baader UHC-S
Losmandy G-11

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Total Exposure :
Atik 1HS, 60/700 Achro & Guidedog
Canon 20D
10 x 180 sec @ ISO800
30m

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Maximum Resolution 1024 x 768 Pixel (136 kB)

Additional notes and remarks:

Object info

At 33.900 light years, M3 (NGC 5272) is quite a large globular cluster, containing an estimated half million stars. A large number of variable stars have been discovered in it.


Processing

ImagesPlus v2.5 & Photoshop CS2


Comments

Need a larger scope to resolve more stars.


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