Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628, mcofield
Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628
Powered byPixInsight

Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628

Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628, mcofield
Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628
Powered byPixInsight

Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

First light with a dedicated astrocam - the ASI1600MM-Cool Pro! While not the first time I tried to image with it, it was the first time things actually worked! Swapping to Sequence Generator Pro helped a ton to get all the new equiptment working together. Unfortunately, the scope dewed up a bit during the green and blue frames, guess the Pegasus Pocket Powerbox doesn't automatically turn the heaters on out of the box... oh well, next time! Imaged from North Cascades National Park, so some pretty dark skies!

---

PixInsight Steps:

Lum: DynamicCrop, DBE, 2x HistogramTransformation, CurvesTransformation

R/G/B individual: DynamicCrop, DBE, LinFit

RGB combined: PixelMath, BackgroundNeutralization, PhotometricColorCal, SCNR, MaskedStretch, masked heavy SCNR to remove blue haze, HistogramTransformation, masked heavy SCNR to remove blue haze

LRGB: LRGBCombination, HDRMultiscaleTransformation

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Leo Triplet: M65, M66, and NGC 3628, mcofield