Observation by Mark Fairfax: M3 Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
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Mark Fairfax
Observer
Mark Fairfax
Observed
2022 Apr 07 - 23:28
Uploaded
2022 Apr 08 - 14:51
Objects
M3
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Constellation
Canes Venatici
Field centre
RA: 13h42m
Dec: +28°23'
Position angle: -27°24'
Field size
0°25' × 0°19'
Equipment
- Unistellar eVscope Classic (114mm reflector)
Exposure
20mins
Location
Nottinghamshire UK
Target name
M3 Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
Title
M3 Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici
About this image
Clear night sky to good to miss despite getting in later from the very interesting talk by Prof. Ian Morison at the Nottingham Astronomical Society.
My eVscope moved outside & assembled, acclimatised, levelled, autonomous field detection, focussed (with Bahtinov mask) all in half-an-hour and ready to go!
M3, also NGC 5272, is one of the three brightest (magnitude +6.38) globular clusters in the northern sky and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old and around 33,000 light-years distant.
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Nice image.
I'm curious, having sent some months using a SkyWatcher 114mm reflector and a Lodestar to capture images I was wondering what the selling point was of the eVscope that attracted you? Is it the automated pointing?
Thanks Grant,
quite a few things went into my choice of the Unistellar eVscope:
Ease of use & convenience with it being a telescope, camera & computer all rolled into one. Quick set-up which helps immensely with the UK weather and deals well with light pollution. Portability with the back pack.
Results from the eVscope & what it can achieve are astounding.
Citizen Science aspect.
I did a lot of research as it is expensive & new technology - reviews by a colleague in the Nottingham Astronomical Society and Prof. Michael Merrifield helped too.
And it really is true that the best telescope is the one you use the most often!
Thanks for replying. Okay, so its the integrated portable system system thing then? Had wondered. I quite enjoyed my time with a 114mm (though the optics were not as good as on yours). Hopefully the price will drop in time. Kind of surprised Meade don't sell an integrated system based on the LS6 and a DSI-III - though life gets harder for the software as the focal length gets longer.
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