Observation by Thomas Killestein: Messier 3

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Thomas Killestein

Observer

Thomas Killestein

Observed

2017 Mar 15 - 23:30

Uploaded

2017 Mar 16 - 21:35

Objects

M3

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13h42m
Dec: +28°22'
Position angle: -3°36'

Field size

0°25' × 0°24'

Equipment
  • Skywatcher f/5 200PDS
  • Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro, unguided
  • Canon EOS 700D
Exposure

~18mins of 20s/ISO400 subframes

Location

Coventry

Target name

Messier 3

Title

Messier 3

About this image

The first clear night in a while coincided with Full Moon, so I decided to go out anyway and have a go at M3 in Bootes. Exposure times were quite short as the sky background was too bright to get longer exposures, so I stacked more frames instead and I'm quite happy with the result. I'll definitely return back to this target when the Moon is less problematic.

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