M3

	Description: M3 is one of the brightest globular clusters in the sky. These images were taken during poor seeing (~3-4"), so it should be fairly easy for us to get better ones. Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 6 x 10s images in I-, R- and V-band, plus 10 x 10s unfiltered images, image gamma is 1.5. Image taken 27/04/2006 21:59-22:08 BST.
	Description: A better image taken under better conditions! Image information: Stacked, dark-subtracted, registered combination of 16 x 10s images in I-, R- and V-band, plus 23 x 10s unfiltered images, image gamma is 1.5. Image taken 10/04/2007 23:30 UT.

Physical information: Magnitude: 6.2, size: 18.6', aka NGC5272, classification VI.

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