Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  IC 2763  ·  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628
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The Leo Triplet, Randy Reece
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The Leo Triplet

Revision title: The Leo Triplet - March 2020, Re-Edit February 2022

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The Leo Triplet

Revision title: The Leo Triplet - March 2020, Re-Edit February 2022

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The Leo Triplet, The M66 Group

NGC 3628, M65 & M66

Total of 24, 420 second exposures, ISO 800

2 hours, 48 minutes total exposure time

15 Flats/15 Darks/15 Bias Frames

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro GEM Go To Mount

Telescope: Explore Scientific ES102-FCD-100 Apochromatic Refractor (f/7, FL=714mm)

Camera: Canon EOS T3i DSLR, Starfield Field Flattener

Guiding: Starwave 50 mm Guide Scope

Altair GPCam2 Colour

PHD2, BackyardEOS, Deep SkyStacker, StarTools, GIMP,

SkyShed Roll-Off-Roof (ROR) Observatory

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Title: The Leo Triplet - March 2020, Re-Edit February 2022

Description: As my post-processing skills progressively improve, I thought I'd take another shot at editing this gem captured in March 2020, and re-processed with StarTools 8 in February 2022.

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The Leo Triplet, Randy Reece