Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The conditions weren't super yesterday. Although the sky was clear enough, moonlight was preventing long exposure times. This is Messier 3. It's a globular cluster and contains 500.000 stars. It lies at a distance of 34.000 lightyears. Thats 9.460.800.000.000 kilometers.
8" Skywatcher Newton - EQ6 Syntrek - Canon 400D

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