By Mohamed Mohamed | 2022-02-28
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On 02/27/2022 01:37 am by David Hoskin| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Messier 3, located in the constellation Canes Venatici, is a popular target for astrophotographers. This large, bright globular cluster contains about half a million stars and is 32,600 light years from Earth. With an estimated age of 11.4 billion years, Messier 3 existed long before the formation of our own solar system.
William Optics RedCat51 astrograph, ZWO ASI183MC camera with Optolong L-Pro filter, SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount
26 4-minute lights plus calibration frames were stacked using ImagesPlus; other post-processing was with Photoshop CS2 plus Astronomy Tools plugin, SiriL, PhotoScape X and MS Photo.
