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Leo Trio of galaxies, Frank Colosimo
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Leo Trio of galaxies

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Leo Trio of galaxies

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This is the Leo Trio of galaxies, with NGC 3628 ('hamburger galaxy'), to the left, M65 top right, and M66 on bottom left. These galaxies are about 30 million light years away from Earth. I made an effort during processing to show background galaxies and the faint inter-galactic clouds, the most prominent of which is the 'tail' going down and to the left of NGC 3628.

Date: Jan 14 - Feb 15, 2010 Processed Dec 2018

Location: Blue Mountain Vista Observatory, New Ringgold PA

Optics: Takahashi FSQ 106 at f/5

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: Apogee Alta U8300

Guiding: Orion ST80/SBIG ST402

Exposure: LRGB - L: 51x10min R:17x10 min, G:17x6 min, B:20x10 min - Total 16.4 hrs (105 subs at 561 sec avg)

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop.

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Leo Trio of galaxies, Frank Colosimo

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