The Other Leo Trio: M95, M96 and M105 (with an aurora thrown in) (John Noble)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Leo (Leo) · Contains: IC 643 · M 105 · M 95 · M 96 · NGC 3351 · NGC 3368 · NGC 3379 · NGC 3384 · NGC 3389

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The Other Leo Trio: M95, M96 and M105 (with an aurora thrown in)

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The Other Leo Trio: M95, M96 and M105 (with an aurora thrown in)

I took a trip to a dark sky site last weekend and was lucky enough to score 15 hours of clear skies spread over two nights. This was the first shot on M95, M96 and M105. I stepped outside half way through this sequence to be met by a fantastic Aurora right up to the zenith (see picture below). What a joy I haven't seen a good one for over 20 years, it did play havoc with my images though especially for color calibration. The red sequence was quite a mess as that was at the height of the show. Any way with a bit of jiggery pokerry I think I managed to get the colors straight and any way who cares I saw an aurora!

This was shot with my tandem rig FLT132 at f5 and ASI6200 MM for Luminance and FLT91 at f4.6 and the ASI 2600 MM for RGB.

Luminance 40 by 300 s
RGB each 8 by 300 s

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RA (center)	10h46m03s.37
RA (top/left)	10h42m50s.46
RA (top/right)	10h49m40s.80
RA (bottom/right)	10h49m18s.20
RA (bottom/left)	10h42m25s.35

Dec (center)	+12°11′59″.1
Dec (top/left)	+11°31′27″.9
Dec (top/right)	+11°39′33″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+12°52′25″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+12°44′12″.7

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