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Community photo entitled  by David Hoskin on 02/02/2023 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

On 02/02/2023 02:00 am by David Hoskin| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Messier 3 is a globular cluster located in the constellation Canes Venatici. It contains about half a million stars and is thought to be over 11 billion years old. Distance from Earth is 32,600 light years.

ZWO ASI533MC Pro and Optolong L-Pro filter on a Celestron Omni XLT150 reflector/SkyWatcher EQ6R Pro mount.

Subs (24 8min) plus calibration frames were stacked with DeepSkyStacker. Post-processing used Siril, Photoshop and Microsoft Photo.