Observation by David Strange: RR Lyrae stars in M3

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David Strange

Observer

David Strange

Observed

2022 May 11 - 22:04

Uploaded

2022 May 12 - 11:39

Objects

Equipment

Celestron 9
ASI533MC
ASIair Pro

Exposure

10 x 120s

Location

Salcombe Regis, East Devon

Target name

Title

RR Lyrae stars in M3

About this image

Two images of globular star cluster M3 taken just one hour apart showing variability in the blue RR Lyrae stars.

How many can you spot?

Files associated with this observation

M3_20220511_animation_dgs.gif (1.8 MB)

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Jeremy Shears, Simon Paul Davis, Callum Potter, Nick Hewitt, Dr Paul Leyland

Comments

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 May 29 - 13:47 UTC

Lots! Fifteen without trying very hard.

A very nice study.

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