Leo Triplet in LRGB

Target Details:

Constellation: Leo

RA: 11h 19m 36.15s

Dec: 13° 17' 2.90"

Distance from Earth: 35 Million Light Years

Galaxies: M65 (Top Right), M66 (Bottom Right) and NGC3628 (Bottom Left) also known as The Hamburger Galaxy or Sarah's Galaxy

 

Image Details:

Luminance: 101x150 Second Exposures

Red: 101x150 Second Exposures

Green: 101x150 Second Exposures

Blue: 101x150 Second Exposures

 

Total Exposure Time: 16.83 Hours

 

Equipment Used:

Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 8" F4 Imaging Newtonian

Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M 20mpx ColdMOS Camera at -20C

Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope

Guide Camera: Qhyccd QHY5L-II

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-Pro GEM Goto Mount

Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Filters: Baader Planetarium 36mm LRGB Filters

 

Software:

Image Acquisition: Main Sequence Software SGPro 3

Guiding: PHD2

Image Processing: PixInsight

 

 

Done