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M 3

Globular cluster · Canes Venatici

M 3

Also known as NGC 5272

Messier 3
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Type: Globular cluster
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Position (J2000): 13h 42m 11s · +28° 22′ 31″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 6.39; visual
Size: 16.2′
Distance: ~33,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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