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The Leo Triplet  / M66 Group, Francesco
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The Leo Triplet / M66 Group

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The Leo Triplet / M66 Group

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The night that I collected the subs for this image was very cold for this region of Sweden, -14C.

The dew-heaters on both the telescope and guidscope stopped to work and I noticed it only when the session was ended. The lenses of both scopes were covered with quite much frost that unfortunately made the subs a bit out of focus and the stars got strange rays.

I found out, the day after, that the problem was a glitch in the sensor’s connection on the Pegasus Pocket Powerbox that was not sending any data abou temp and humidity to the Powerbox .

I had also to fight against nasty gradients due to strong light pollution to the est where the city center is located.

Not so happy with the result, but given the conditions and problems I'm glad that something came out anyway from the subs.

Clear skies!

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The Leo Triplet  / M66 Group, Francesco