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(IAAC) Object: M3 - Instrument: 7x50 binos

To: Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog <netastrocatalog@atmob.org>, Webb Society Nebulae&Clusters via Steve Hynes <101376.3324@compuserve.com>
Subject: (IAAC) Object: M3 - Instrument: 7x50 binos
From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:08:54 -0500
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Observer: Lew Gramer
Your skills: Intermediate
Date and UT of Observation: 1997-2-9/10, 08:20 UT
Location: Medford, MA, USA (42N)
Site classification: urban
Limiting magnitude: 5.0 (zenith)
Seeing: 3 - medium
Moon up: no
Instrument: 50mm binos
Magnification: 7x
Filters used: None
Object: M3
Category: Globular cluster
Constellation: Com
Data: mag 6.4  size 16'
RA/Dec: 13h42m   28o23'
Description:
Easily found as a brightish "dot" via either 9 Bootis or Beta Comae,
and not many binocular fields from Arcturus, this glorious cluster
was both somewhat larger and about 0.5 magnitudes fainter than M13.
(See M13 "yardstick" observation for this same night). The centers
of both clusters were of similar increased brightness however. But
no hint of a core could be seen in M3.

[Steve - Sorry if this observation is unsuitable for the
society! Not sure what the interest level is in binocular
observations... Please discard this and following if not.]

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