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Messier 3 (M3; also NGC 5272) is a globular cluster located 33.9 thousand light years from Earth in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It is one of the largest and brightest globular clusters discovered with around 500,000 stars.
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The extracted context around Messier 3 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Messier 3 → Articles, Astrophoto, Brady Haran, Dark AtmospheresMerrifield, Deep Sky Videos, DSS2, Galactic Globular Clusters Database, GALEX, Globular Cluster, Hydrogen, IRAS, M3, M3M3, Messier, Michael, Photo, SDSS, SEDS Messier, Sky Map, WikiSky Another extracted example is Messier 3 → Blazhko, Earth, Galactic, It, Messier, Milky Way, Oosterhoff, RR Lyrae, Sun, That, The, These, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 49 structured relationships around Messier 3. Examples in this analysis include Messier 3 → Absolute magnitude → −8.93 and Messier 3 → Apparent dimensions (V) → 18′.0. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messier 3 | Absolute magnitude | −8.93 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Apparent dimensions (V) | 18′.0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Apparent magnitude (V) | 6.39 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Class | VI | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Constellation | Canes Venatici | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Declination | +28° 22′ 38.2″ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Distance | 33.9 kly (10.4 kpc) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Estimated age | 11.39 Gyr | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Mass | 4.5×105 M☉ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Metallicity | [Fe/H] = –1.34 dex | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Other designations | NGC 5272 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Radius | 103.0 pc (335.9 ly) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Right ascension | 13h 42m 11.62s | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | Tidal radius | 113 pc (370 ly)[mean] | 1.00 | infobox |
| Messier 3 | is a | prototype for the Oosterhoff type I cluster | 0.90 | text |
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For Messier 3, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Messier 3 with Characteristics. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Messier 3 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Messier 3 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout