Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3745  ·  NGC 3746  ·  NGC 3748  ·  NGC 3750  ·  NGC 3751  ·  NGC 3753  ·  NGC 3754
The Copeland Septet, Krisztian Kerepesy
The Copeland Septet
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The Copeland Septet

The Copeland Septet, Krisztian Kerepesy
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The Copeland Septet

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The Copeland Septet - or the poor man's Hubble Deep Field from the back garden

I’ve always wondered how “deep” can I see into the Universe with an amateur / semi-professional equipment, this image is the result of the experiment.

The target is one of the most beautiful galaxy clusters for me, the Copeland Septet (funny, but despite being "septet", an eighth member actually belongs to them as well).

Leo is full of galaxies anyway, so I was hoping that other than the seven / eight members would be seen.

The end result was 38 galaxies, some of which are so faint I didn't find them in any of the catalogs I know.

The limiting magnitude of the image is around 22.

The more I look at the picture, the more I realize how insignificant and little I am including the whole Planet Earth, so I rather stopped looking. 😁😁

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