Observation by Alun Halsey: Messier 3

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2025 Apr 17 - 23:18

Uploaded

2025 Apr 18 - 15:49

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h42^m
Dec: +28°22'
Position angle: +80°13'

Field size

0°19' × 0°19'

Equipment

Meade 12" SCT (LX200 GPS deforked)
Baader Alan Gee Telecompressor Mk II
Player One Ares-C Pro
Sightron LPS-C1 light pollution filter
Pegasus Astro OAG/P1 Ceres 462MM
Mesu-200 Mk1

Exposure

12 subframes at 30 seconds each

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Title

Messier 3

About this image

Twelve subframes captured and stacked in Sharpcap Live stack, processed in Siril and Photoshop CS2.

Files associated with this observation

M3_12frames_360s.jpg (1.6 MB)

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