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| Description of NGC 5272 |
Messier 3 (also known as M3 or NGC 5272) is a globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764, and resolved into stars by William Herschel around 1784. This cluster is one of the largest and brightest, and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is located at a distance of about 33,900 light-years away from Earth. M3 has an apparent magnitude of 6.2, making it visible to the naked eye under dark conditions. From a moderate-sized telescope, the cluster is fully defined.
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Marconi, M.; Caputo, F.; Di Criscienzo, M.; Castellani, M.
RR Lyrae Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters. II. A Theoretical Approach to Variables in M3
2003, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 596, Issue 1, pp. 299-313
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Corwin, T. Michael; Carney, Bruce W.
BV Photometry of the RR Lyrae Variables of the Globular Cluster M3
2001, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 122, Issue 6, pp. 3183-3211
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Ferraro, F. R.; Carretta, E.; Corsi, C. E.; Fusi Pecci, F.; Cacciari, C.; Buonanno, R.; Paltrinieri, B.; Hamilton, D.
The stellar population of the globular cluster M 3. II. CCD photometry of additional 10,000 stars.
1997, A&A, 320, 757
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