Globular cluster · Canes Venatici

M 3

Also known as NGC 5272

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Position (J2000)

13h 42m 11s · +28° 22′ 31″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1764

Pictures

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Magnitude

6.39

visual

Size

16.2′

Distance

~33,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.