Space Time Live - S2E10 - M3 Globular Cluster

Telescope: Carl (Apertura AD10 $949.95) bit.ly/3OCj58J
Telescope Camera: Fritz (ZWO ASI 294 Uncooled) bit.ly/3oGaYMT
Live Stream Camera: Iphone8
Field Computer: Surface Pro 4
Recorded: April 6th, 2021
Light Pollution: Bortle 5
Orion Telescopes: www.pjatr.com/t/S0BMQ0pFQEVHS...
Here is a video on Star Clusters: • Star Clusters: Crash C...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_3
Here is another Globular Cluster, M3. Edmond Halley discovered it, but we know him for discovering something else :) Through this telescope, most globular clusters resemble a small pile of salt or sugar. Each grain is a sun, of course. Globular Clusters are some of our favorite things to look at, other than Saturn.
To find them, I use Stellarium stellarium.org/
It's free! You can use the program to simulate your night sky. When I practice pointing a telescope in Stellarium, I use their "Telrad" simulator.
Here is a telrad: bit.ly/3zKHr9W
It's a common type of viewfinder and the three red rings will be projected onto the sky in Stellarium. Then you can practice "star hopping".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_ho...
Some globular clusters are easy, like the Hercules Globular Cluster (M13). Just aim at Hercules' armpit! M3 is a little trickier, and if you give a try in Stellarium you'll see what I mean :)
If you would like some help figuring this all out just let me know!
Clear skies!