Messier 3 photograph

Messier 3

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Distance to Earth33,920 light years
Age11. 4 billion years
Radius90 light years
Constellation Canes Venatici
Metallicity= –1. 34 dex
Tidal radius113 ly (30 pc)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2979743
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About Messier 3


Messier 3 is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula without stars.

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