Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2745  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplet: M65, M66 and NGC 3628, Steve Lantz
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The Leo Triplet: M65, M66 and NGC 3628

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The Leo Triplet: M65, M66 and NGC 3628, Steve Lantz
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The Leo Triplet: M65, M66 and NGC 3628

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After two months with maybe three or four clear nights total, I finally acquired enough data to image the Leo Triplet! The first night (4/24) I took 36 subs at 30 s each unfiltered, bin 1, raw frames. These were used to make a luminance layer. The second night (4/25) I took 90 subs at 45 s each, bin 1, RGB and used a Lumicon light pollution filter; these frames were used to make the RGB layer. Total integration time was 1.4 hours.

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The Leo Triplet: M65, M66 and NGC 3628, Steve Lantz