Messier 3

About the Target:

Object Information

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✨ Constellation: Canes Venatici

🚀 Distance: 33,920 Light Years

Considered one of the finest northern globular clusters only behind the Great Hercules Cluster (M13). It was the first of the 110 deep sky objects discovered by French astronomer Charles Messier in 1764. 

Capture Details

🔭 Equipment: Celestron EdgeHD 8″ Schmidt Cassegrain, Celestron Reducer Lens .7x – EdgeHD 800, iOptron CEM60 Center Balanced Equatorial Mount, iOptron Tri-Pier, ZWO ASI533MC Pro Cooled One-Shot Color Astronomy Camera, ZWO EAF Electronic Focusing Motor, ZWO ASIAir Plus Acquisition and Power Management Computer, Celestron Deluxe Off-Axis Guider, ZWO ASI174MM Mini Guide Camera

📅 Session: May 4, 2023

📸 Exposure: RGB Stars (350 x 10s using ZWO UV-IR Cut 2" filter)

💻 Software: Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight, PHD2 Guiding