Saturday, April 6, 2019

Attempt at the Leo Triplet galaxies under poor skies

The Leo Triplet of galaxies

It "cleared up" for about an hour last night just before the next storm system came in, still mucky skies.
Here are three galaxies in the constellation Leo, NGC 3628, M 65, M 66, form what is known as the Leo Triplet.
Due to poor weather conditions and other issues I was unable to pull out the delicate colors of these galaxies... maybe next time!
Data: Daystar 480mm scope, Canon T3i camera, ISO 6400, 20 frames at about 35 sec each, stacked with DSS for a total of about 13 minutes integration, image slightly cropped. Unguided as PHD2 seemed to have difficulties last night, too.


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