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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6003. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M3 is a very rich globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was the first original discovery by Messier and probably the object that sparked his systematic search for nebulae and clusters. It has approximately 500 000 member stars within a diameter of 300 light-years and is with a visual brightness of 6.5 mag one of the brightest clusters in the northern hemisphere. Its distance to...

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