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Image of the day 08/20/2023

The Leo Triplet with Colorful Tidal Tail and IFN, Prashant Ranganath
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The Leo Triplet with Colorful Tidal Tail and IFN

Image of the day 08/20/2023

The Leo Triplet with Colorful Tidal Tail and IFN, Prashant Ranganath
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The Leo Triplet with Colorful Tidal Tail and IFN

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The Leo Triplet with the Hamburger Galaxy (NGC 3628) showing off a colorful tidal tail and some IFN sprinkled throughout the frame for some final added flavor. 

This one is about 43 hours LRGB taken over 11 nights in April 2023. 

All acquisition in NINA, all processing in PixInsight

Taken from the Dark Sky Observatory, a Bortle 1 site in west Texas.

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