Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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Leo's Triplet, Michael Galaxy
Leo's Triplet
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Leo's Triplet

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Leo's Triplet, Michael Galaxy
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Leo's Triplet

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I was scared to shoot through the clouds all night. But you can do it! If you have very light, intermittent cloud cover, it's very easy to throw away the images that are actually obscured. As long as you can still guide on a really good star (or group of stars), you don't have to hang up the towel just because you don't have a perfectly clear night.

That was a very important lesson. That means there are many more nights I can image now, whereas in the past I would have just ignored them.

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Leo's Triplet, Michael Galaxy