Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627

Image of the day 03/12/2018

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    M65 and M66, Kevin Morefield
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    M65 and M66

    Image of the day 03/12/2018

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      M65 and M66, Kevin Morefield
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      M65 and M66

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      Description

      M65 and M66, a pair of interacting galaxies and a part of the Leo Triplet. I'm happy about the detail I was able to get on these. I'm a bit under-sampled with a .73 image scale and it's difficult to get below 2 a-s on my subs.

      LRGB composition cropped from a square frame. Calibration in CCDStack, registration, integration and LRGB assembly in PI. Photoshop unsharp masking was used to sharped at multiple scales. A soft light layer was used between the color and luminance layers.

      83 subs, L22, R23, G21, B18. All 600 seconds. Total of 13.9 hours.

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        M65 and M66, Kevin Morefield
        Original
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        B
      • Final
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        C

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      M65 and M66, Kevin Morefield