Leo Triplet (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: IC 2684 · IC 2694 · IC 2704 · IC 2708 · IC 2745 · IC 2752 · IC 2754 · IC 2761 · IC 2762 · IC 2765 · IC 2769 · IC 2782 · IC 2787 · Leo Triplet · M 65 · M 66 · NGC 3623 · NGC 3627 · NGC 3628 · PGC 1407729 · PGC 1407792 · PGC 1407849 · PGC 1408307 · PGC 1408410 · PGC 1408723 · PGC 1408726 · PGC 1408926 · PGC 1409059 · PGC 1409253 · PGC 1409472 · And 90 more.

Leo Triplet

Only 5 nights without clouds for all of March! …when clear it was windy😩. April same as the next 10 days are cloudy. But the California snowpack is epic. Mammoth Mt gotten 3 year’s worth of snow…59’ at the lodge and 73.5’ at the summit…all amazing records and it's snowing up there today.

I managed to get a few hours here and there as I was going through serious imaging withdrawal symptoms 😵‍💫 not being out in the night…I have issues 🤪. Only 5 hours on this target after throwing out ~50% as windy. Check out version D for the plate solved neighborhood...amazing to pixel peep.

A poem by Chat GPT:

In the constellation Leo,
Three galaxies in a row,
The Leo Triplet they call,
A sight that’s worth it all.

M65, M66 and NGC 3628,
Their disks tilted at different angles,
35 million light years away,
A sight that’s worth the stay.

NGC 3628 is also known as the Hamburger,
A name that’s quite funny that needs more power
But the Leo Triplet is no joke,
A sight that’s worth more integration than 5 hours (OK I wrote the last line 😂)

Oh, a question: going on a road trip to Utah, Arches, Capital Reef, Canyonlands on April’s new moon. I can only take one rig (to please my wife 😀 as we will be busy tourists). The 9.25HD Edge with the 2600MM or my 102GT with the 6200MM? I really can’t decide, good grief 😂.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	7462249
PixInsight job	U37NCSHD1EARJ2SBYCRFEUSMNZQXJAC6
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h20m27s.58
RA (top/left)	11h16m35s.19
RA (top/right)	11h17m12s.22
RA (bottom/right)	11h24m16s.96
RA (bottom/left)	11h23m45s.30

Dec (center)	+13°20′51″.2
Dec (top/left)	+14°20′52″.3
Dec (top/right)	+12°14′10″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°21′01″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+14°27′44″.1

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