This week’s small-telescope target, globular cluster M3, lies almost exactly halfway along an imaginary line connecting the bright star Arcturus (Alpha [α] Boötis) and Cor Caroli (Alpha Canum Venaticorum). // Astronomy: Roen Kelly
Each week, Astronomy magazine Senior Editor Michael E. Bakich, a
master at explaining how to observe, posts a podcast about three or more
objects or events you can see in the sky.
Targets for April 11–18, 2013
Naked eye: The Y of Virgo
Small telescope: Globular cluster M3
Large telescope: Spiral galaxy NGC 4731
