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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Leo Triplet. 60 degrees of separation., Brian Boyle
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Leo Triplet. 60 degrees of separation.

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Leo Triplet. 60 degrees of separation.

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With so many amazing images of the Leo Triplet on this site already, it is perhaps a Fool's errand to attempt one from 45 South.  

But here it is.  Although comprised of only 8 and a bit hours of actual data, a further 20 hours (mostly L-band) ended in the trash can as I tried a form of lucky imaging to get the best quality data.  If you can call lucky imaging getting to 2.5arcsec FWHM. 

It still looks a bit pinkish to me, but grateful for any comments/criticisms.

48 x 300 L
18 x 300 R
18 x 300 G
18 x 300 B


Latterly I did try to get some Chilescope L-band data on this, but I was clouded out.  Perhaps the Leo Triplet and me were just not meant to be.

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Leo Triplet. 60 degrees of separation., Brian Boyle