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| | M3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | M3, or NGC 5272, is one of the most outstanding globular clusters, containing an estimated half million stars. |
 | | It is located in the constellation Canes Venaciti, midway between Cor Caroli and Arcturus, and is extremely rich in variable stars: 212 variables have been found, more than in any other globular cluster in our Milky Way galaxy. |
 | | M3 lies 30,600 light years away and has a magnitude of 6.3. |
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