Leo Triplet (Jeff Kisslinger)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: HD98388 · IC 2708 · Leo Triplet · M 65 · M 66 · NGC 3623 · NGC 3627 · NGC 3628

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I recently upgraded my mount going from a Celestron CGX to an iOptron CEM70EC2. I have my C11 sitting on the iOptron mount pretty much permanently. About two weeks ago I switched up my imaging train swapping out the Hyperstar for the 0.7X reducer to get ready for galaxy season. When I started my polar alignment routine, the mount stopped and I received a message indicating the dec board was "disconnected". I played around with everything to no avail. The next day I emailed iOptron and after checking everything, I sent the dec board in to be evaluated. The good news is that it was faulty and I have a new one on the way.

Being that I live in the Midwest and my clear nights with decent seeing is limited, I decided to put my ES 127ED refractor on my CGX mount and see what I could go after, I decided on this target. In using my SCT for so long, I actually forgot how great refractors are for imaging! I plan to bring this scope out more often.

In the end, I wish I had more integration time as I think I pushed the data a tad too much.

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Broadband under Bortle 7/8/9
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
Central USA
Light Polluted skies
Suburban Astrophotography
Optolong L-Pro filter

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RA (center)	11h19m44s.53
RA (top/left)	11h18m12s.84
RA (top/right)	11h18m03s.95
RA (bottom/right)	11h21m15s.68
RA (bottom/left)	11h21m25s.38

Dec (center)	+13°16′56″.0
Dec (top/left)	+13°54′24″.3
Dec (top/right)	+12°40′48″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°39′25″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+13°52′56″.3

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