Leo Triplet & friends in wide field (Christophe Perroud)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: 73 n Leo · IC 2661 · IC 2666 · IC 2684 · IC 2694 · IC 2704 · IC 2708 · IC 2745 · IC 2752 · IC 2754 · IC 2761 · IC 2762 · IC 2777 · IC 2782 · IC 2787 · IC 2799 · IC 2804 · IC 2823 · IC 2826 · IC 2843 · Leo · Leo Triplet · M 65 · M 66 · NGC 3593 · NGC 3596 · NGC 3623 · NGC 3627 · NGC 3628 · The star 73Leo

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Hi everybody, this is my second image I took mid April under good conditions, over two nights. The target is the famous Leo Triplet that many of AB members already get very decent view of all three companions. My little 60mm refractor was on duty for a total of 4 hours and 48 minutes which is so far my longest integration time since I started AP. If there is no social restriction right now, I would have celebrate this step with astro-friends for sure ;-) I keep the bottle in the fridge…

So, what to say more about this triplet? Located between 33 and 38 millions l.y. away, they have been interacted each other a long time ago, modifying the shape of NGC 3628. M65 and M66 are both spiral galaxies and around 80’000 l.y in diameter.

I’m really pleased the way it turned out at the end of the processing stage, especially the details and the dark lane in NGC 3628, aka the Hamburger Galaxy. Looking closely in full resolution let you see the tidal stream, barely visible I must confess ;-) M65 and M66 look very nice as well showing some interesting features inside. Many others friends are cruising around, as you can see in the annotated image (rev. B).

Feedback, comments and criticism are welcome :-) Thanks for looking at my new image and clear skies to you all around the world.

Christophe

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Description: Let's discover more small DSO all around the Triplet ;-)

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Takahashi Refractors
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RA (center)	11h19m00s.64
RA (top/left)	11h28m33s.66
RA (top/right)	11h14m29s.41
RA (bottom/right)	11h09m28s.30
RA (bottom/left)	11h23m27s.70

Dec (center)	+13°09′35″.7
Dec (top/left)	+13°21′48″.9
Dec (top/right)	+15°13′12″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°56′03″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+11°05′34″.9

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