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

Image of the day 03/31/2014

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Leo Triplet, Theodore Arampatzoglou
Leo Triplet
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Leo Triplet

Image of the day 03/31/2014

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Leo Triplet, Theodore Arampatzoglou
Leo Triplet
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Leo Triplet

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Description

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, the M66, and the NGC 3628

Instruments and exposure data

W.O FLT110 with dedicated TMB field flattener

FeatherTouch 3'' focuser

Starizona MicroTouch autofocuser

W.O ZS80 ED

SBIG ST10XME CFW9

Meade DSI

Filters: LRGB Baader Planetarium, IDAS LPS

Sky-Watcher EQ6 Pro

Lum(LPS):30*10min(bin1x1)_51*10min(bin1x1)

Red:36*5(18bin1x1_18bin2x2)

Green:36*5(18bin1x1_18bin2x2)

Blue:44*5(24bin1x1_20bin2x2)

Total exposure time:23h10min

The data taken during 5 nights from 25/3/2011 until 24/4/2011

Some blue and luminance data was forgotten so i try a complete rework

I try also a selective LR deconvolution with CCDStack 2 and Registax wavelet.

''Variable Background Flatten'' with the free ''Fitswork'' Software is highly recommended

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