Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  Extremely wide field
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Leyaya watches the west, Samuel Kohler

Leyaya watches the west

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Leyaya watches the west, Samuel Kohler

Leyaya watches the west

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The Leo constellation guides the view to Praesepe as M44, M48 and a faint hint of the Golden-Eye Cluster as M67. The Leo-Triplet reveals its existence only as a tiny blur.
It was a beautiful night with a wonderful yellow moonrise at 1am brightly illuminating the whole landscape.

Leo "Leyaya" constellation
M48
M44
M67
Alphard


04/09/2023, 10pm, 47° N, 3130 ft, wind calm, temperature 4°C, dewpoint -1°C
lights 1046x 2sec, filter: none (50 flats, 50 darks, 300 bias)

integration: 34min 52
camera: panasonic lumix DMC-LX100, 24mm, f/1.7
mount: basic photography tripod, tracked by hand
preprocess: DeepSkyStacker
postprocess: Pleiades Astrophoto, PixInsight

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Leyaya watches the west, Samuel Kohler