The globular cluster M3 (NGC 5272; mag 6.2) in Canes Venatici will be well placed, high in the sky. It will reach its highest point in the sky at around midnight local time.
At a declination of +28°22', it is easiest to see from the northern hemisphere but cannot be seen from latitudes much south of 41°S.
From Fairfield, it will be visible all night. It will become visible around 20:48 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 39° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:54, 77° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:00, 38° above your western horizon.
At magnitude 6.3, M3 is quite faint, and certainly not visible to the naked eye, but can be viewed through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
The position of M3 is as follows:
| Object | Right Ascension | Declination | Constellation | Magnitude | Angular Size |
| M3 | 13h42m10s | +28°22' | Canes Venatici | 6.3 | 16'12" |
The coordinates above are given in J2000.0.
| The sky on 17 April 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All times shown in EDT.
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Source
The circumstances of this event were computed using the DE430 planetary ephemeris published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
This event was automatically generated by searching the ephemeris for planetary alignments which are of interest to amateur astronomers, and the text above was generated based on an estimate of your location.
Image credit
© Digitised Sky Survey (DSS); Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II)