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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)

A test image of the Leo Triplet. Monochrome only — guiding wasn’t working and the colour images were spoiled.

The 3 galaxies are M65 (top right), M66 (bottom right) and NGC 3628 (left).

Leo Triplet
Exposure
Luminance: 10 min (5 × 2 min)
unbinned
 
Camera
SXV-H9
 
Telescope
SV-80S
0.8x reducer
 
Mount
Losmandy G11
 
Guiding
Unguided
 
Processing
Maxim DL
 
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