M3

Globular Cluster

Constellation- Canes Venetici

Right Ascension: 13h 42m 28s

Declination: +28° 21' 17"

Distance: 30,600 light years

Visual Brightness: 6.4 mag

Apparent Dimension: 16.2 arc minutes

Image information-

Date taken-April 18, 2005

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- NexStar11 GPS @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.0

Integrations- 10 x 30 seconds unguided binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDsoft Ver 5.0, aligned and combined in SigmaBeta11, DDP in Images Plus 2.0