Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  HD98388  ·  Leo Triplet  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplet, Georg N. Nyman
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The Leo Triplet

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The Leo Triplet

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It was a rather short but excellent night, last night here in Lower Austria - 3 hours no wind and seeing about 0,8-0,9arcsec. Then mist and fog.....

M65, M66 and NGC3628 are called the Leo Triplet - full of small details and very photogenic. 76x120sec subs with an ASI183MC-Pro on my RASA11 - processed in PixInsight and Photoshop, all with the usual optimization modules.

More exposure time would have been beneficial, but the weather did not permit it - and for the forthcoming week, they forecast rain and rain and rain...

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The Leo Triplet, Georg N. Nyman