Leo Triplet

Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628) - A cosmic sad face!

 

5/4/21 and 6/4/21

 

A triplet of gravitationally bound galaxies approximately 35 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo

 

Equipment:

- Skywatcher HEQ5-pro (Rowan Belt Mod)

- Canon 800d (modded)

- Explore Scientific ED APO 102mm F7 FCD-100 Triplet Carbon Fibre

- Hotech SCA 1x field flattener

- ZWO ASI-120MM-mini guide camera

- Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED guidescope

- 2 inch mounted Optolong L-Pro

 

Acquisition:

- Sharpcap polar alignment, ASCOM guiding/dithering with PHD2

- APT image acquisition

- Lights - 67 x 300s ISO400 (5 hours 35 minutes)

- Darks – 25 + 25

- Bias - 30 + 30

- Flats - 30 + 30

 

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