Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
The Leo Triplet, Ross Clark
The Leo Triplet
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The Leo Triplet

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A relatively short integration of 2.5 hours coupled with Bortle 7 skies and a refractor that is far from the sharpest optical tool available all add up to not a great outcome but I was really happy with the detail and colours I could get from this. Did I get the faint lanes of stars coming from the larger galaxy, no but I was never going too

This image pushed back my mental blocks on what was possible from my light polluted skies, you just have to try

This is just 160x60s stacked in DSS (no drizzle) processed in SiriL and Photoshop

ZWO ASI1600MC Pro, Unity Gain, -15C

Lacerta 72mm f/6 APO refractor

iOptron CEM25P

ZWO ASI120MM-S guide camera

ZWO 60mm guide scope

Altair Astro UV-IR 2” Filter

Images captured by APT, guided by PHD2, shot under Bortle 7 skies in my back garden

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