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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:45 am

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The Messier Ten Minute Challenge

M3 - Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici

M3 (NGC 5272) is one of the most famous globular clusters, containing
at least half a million stars. M3 is about 34000 light years away and
has a diameter of about 180 light years.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/tenminutechallenge/m3.htm

Martin Nicholson, Daventry, England.

My website is at http://www.martin-nicholson.info/1/1a.htm
My informal Astronomical Blog is at http://ukastronomy.livejournal.com/

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