Observation by Simon Paul Davis: M3

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Simon Paul Davis

Observer

Simon Paul Davis

Observed

2024 Apr 14 - 21:30

Uploaded

2024 Apr 17 - 16:11

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h42^m
Dec: +28°22'
Position angle: -86°13'

Field size

0°51' × 0°34'

Equipment

Sharpstar HNT15028 150mm Newtonian
ASI1600MM Pro
OAG with ASI2900MM
RGB filters

Exposure

25 x 60 Seconds Guided (RGB)

Location

Hampshire Bortle 5/6

Target name

M3 Globular Cluster

Title

About this image

M3 is an exceptional Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici made up of around 500,000 stars. About 1.5 hours integration with RGB filters. Use of the excellent HDRMultiscaleTransform tool in pixinsight allowed some detail in the blown out core to be recovered.

Files associated with this observation

M3_final.jpg (1.4 MB)

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Alan Thomas, Graham Winstanley, Nicholas Freeman

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