Leo Triplet

Galaxy season is here!

 

The Leo triplet is a small group of interacting galaxies about 35 million light years away, visible to us in the constellation Leo(duh).

 

Each of those galaxies has about the same number of stars as our own Milky way galaxy, give or take a 100 billion. All three spiral galaxies have some visible structural disintegration due to the gravitational interaction between them.

 

This image is a result of 2.5 hours of integration after losing over 2 hours of data to equipment failure and wind. It's not a bad result but I might try and get more data this month.

 

Equipment:

Camera - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II

Lens - Rokinon 135mm F2

Mount - Skywatcher Star Adventurer

Done