Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  73 Leo  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628  ·  The star n Leo
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628), silversilk
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628)
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628)

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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628), silversilk
Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628)
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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628)

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I recognize that at the shorter focal length of my setup, that I am not able to dive deep into the detail of galaxies in this frame.  I chose to crop this down quite a bit, keeping the string of stars with their vibrant blues and oranges to the bottom left, along with the "tail" of NGTC 3628 which could have been done more justice with a little longer exposure length I think. 

With Galaxy season fast approaching I am defiantly feeling the lack of focal length with this system.  I can hear the sucking sound of the money leaving my bank account in the future to get a "galaxy hunter" together.  Maybe next year

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Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628), silversilk