No. There is no point that is equally distant from three collinear points. The perpendicular bisectors of AB and BC are parallel and never intersect. Therefore, no circle can pass through three collinear points.
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The circumcentre is always equally distant from all three vertices of a triangle. Therefore, OA, OB and OC are equal. Small differences may appear only because of minor drawing or measuring errors.