Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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Leo Triplet, Bill
Leo Triplet
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Leo Triplet

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Leo Triplet, Bill
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Leo Triplet

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Well this was a lot of firsts for me. I have been acquiring equipment over the last several months and I finally got a first light. This was a first time with my new scope, guiding my new mount, all the plate-solving and PA alignment software, and trying to get everything working together. It took about 2 hours or so but I got everything up and managed about 1.5 hours of lights. The second night I went out and setup was much quicker and I was able to get a couple of hours of lights. I have a lot of things to work on but I was happy to get out and use my stuff. I think I will like this setup.

The small group of galaxies in the Leo Triplet has always been a favorite of mine for visual. I like the combination of the Hamburger with the other 2 spiral galaxies at different angles. This is my version of the Leo Triplet imaged over 2 nights:

45 x 300 sec at ISO 1600

480mm f/6

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