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Leo Triplet, nazarine
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Leo Triplet

Leo Triplet, nazarine
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Leo Triplet

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First - proper outing for my Esprit 120Ed - and i was very pleased with the results.

After the previous night disaster of 100% cloud even though forecast said clear skies, i managed a totally clear night. Only slight niggle was my focuser forgot it's calibration so i had to calibrate it again (annoying).

So managed several hours worth of integration for the Leo which only stopped at about 2:15 AM because it started to go behind a neighbours tree.

I only rejected 1 sub because of tripod nudge (or equivalent) and i rejected 5 subs due to FWHM starting to drift (but even then not a huge amount)

Rest of evening was spent attempting the Iris Nebula - yet to look at that data - hopefully as good as this turned out

After that i

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Leo Triplet, nazarine