Messier 3 is one of the most outstandingly beautiful clusters, it contains an estimated half million stars. M3 is famous for the large number of variable stars found within it.
At a distance of about 33,900 light years, it is further away than our galactic core but it still shines at a magnitude of 6.2.
This image was taken in Red, Visual and Blue filters using Faulkes Telescope North.
