Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3593  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628  ·  The star 73Leo
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Leo Triplet, Martin Palenik
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Leo Triplet

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Leo Triplet

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Having to relearn to image after being away for so long I thought I'd try something simple. Well there's nothing simple in Astrophotography!

Here's the Leo Triplet!

I realized when I began processing my image that I had over exposed this image. Ever since guiding came into my life I have been fascinated with longer exposures. I realize now the hazards of overexposing. Though the image looked ok, the left side was buried in a light pollution gradient. This caused havoc when running a DBE/ABE on all that black area. After a series of DBE/ABE processes and a gentle stretch I was able to manage the background. I hope if I don't overexpose next time this will be easier. I am not using a light pollution filter yet, perhaps it's time.

Version B has a cropped version of the Triplet Area.

There's quite a few galaxy's in this area... I hope to also try the neighbouring Markarian's Chain one day.

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