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(IAAC) Obj: M3 - Inst: 10x50 binoculars

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Subject: (IAAC) Obj: M3 - Inst: 10x50 binoculars
From: Lew Gramer & Karen Simmons <dedalus@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 00:21:14 -0500
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Observer: Lew Gramer
Your skills: Intermediate
Date and UT of Observation: 1997-12-16/17, 12:30 UT
Location: Whidbey Island, MA, USA (48N)
Site classification: rural
Limiting magnitude: 7.1
Seeing: 2 - good
Moon up: no
Instrument: 10x50 Tasco binoculars
Magnification: 10x
Filters used: None
Object: M3
Category: Globular cluster
Constellation: CVn
Data: mag 6.4  size 16'
RA/DE: 13h42m  +28o23'
Description:
Visible as a bright, hazy spot. With binocs, even
using intense concentration, no other hint could be
seen of the nature of this lovely star-ball. But it
was strikingly non-stellar, even at 10x.

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