Messier 3 (M3) is a globular cluster located in the constellation Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs.

Located at a distance of 15,800 light-years (4,850 pc), it is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years.

M3... considered one of the finest northern globular clusters. Taken from light a light polluted sky in Davie FL.

The brightest and largest globular cluster in the Milky Way, containing as many as 10 million stars
The globular cluster is found in the constellation Centaurus, in the Southern Hemisphere.
It is 16,000 light-years from earth.