Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 591
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Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus, erdmanpe
Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus
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Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus

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Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus, erdmanpe
Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus
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Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus

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One of the dwarf galaxies bound to ours. The VERY bright Regulus is just out of the field of view, generating the glow at the bottom of the image. As an indicator of the relative brightness, the star's diffraction spike extends across the entire field. I concentrated on trying to show the individual stars of the galaxy, each sparkling like a little gem. Averaged stellar FWHM is about 2.1 arc sec in the final image. Processing in Maxim, no stretching or sharpening, not enough signal for that.

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Leo I dwarf galaxy, speared by Regulus, erdmanpe