Leo Triplet

2020

Jun 5

Date image was taken: 4/29/2020

Image Title: Leo Triplet

Image Description and Details : The Leo Triplet, or the M66 Group, is a group of interacting spiral galaxies located in the northern constellation Leo.
The group consists of the galaxies Messier 65 (NGC 3623), Messier 66 (NGC 3627) and NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy. The Leo Triplet lies at an approximate distance of 35 million light years from Earth.
In this photo we can see the M66 (upper left), M65 (lower left) and NGC 3628 (right).

This image taken April 2020.
L-channel - 124 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
R-channel - 28 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
G-channel - 28 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
B-channel - 28 x 150 sec. bin 1x1;
Total integration time about 08:40 hours.

My setup: Telescope 8" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain (SCT) CPC800 GPS (XLT) on the equatorial wedge, focal reducer Starizona Night Owl 0.4х, Feq=864mm, camera Starlight Xpress Trius SX694, SX mini filter wheel, filters Astrodon LRGB E-series gen 2.
Capture and processing software: MaxIm DL6, PHD2, PixInsight, StarTools, Photoshop CC, Zoner photo studio 14.
North to the right.