Wallpaper author:
Thomas Peter
12 Jul 2021
Messier 3 SPA-2 LRGB
M 3 lies in the Northern constellation Canes Venatici at a distance from Earth of 33,900 light-years. It is one of the largest and brightest globular clusters, consisting of about 500,000 stars with an estimated age of 11,400,000,000 years.
Anyway, hope ya like it!
Tom
Dataset from which the image was processed
M3
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Globular Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 205.5484 Dec 28.3773
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................16 Mar 2021 - 02 Mar 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 347 | 1h50m | 19 |
| Blue | 316 | 1h40m | 19 |
| Luminance | 189 | 1h | 19 |
| Red | 347 | 1h50m | 19 |