Leo Triplet Galaxy Group
The Leo Triplet, named for the constellation it's in and consists of spiral galaxies: edge-on NGC 3628 at the top, M65 at lower right and M66 at lower left. They form a physical group, though fairly widely separated, about 40 million light-years away.
Taken over two nights from suburban Bloomnington, Indiana. Celestron Edge 8 SCT (203mm aperture f/10), 0.7x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC one-shot color and ZWO ASI2600MM monochrome cooled CMOS cameras, Losmandy GM811G mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.
Leo Triplet Galaxy Group
The Leo Triplet, named for the constellation it's in and consists of spiral galaxies: edge-on NGC 3628 at the top, M65 at lower right and M66 at lower left. They form a physical group, though fairly widely separated, about 40 million light-years away.
Taken over two nights from suburban Bloomnington, Indiana. Celestron Edge 8 SCT (203mm aperture f/10), 0.7x reducer/flattener, ZWO ASI294MC one-shot color and ZWO ASI2600MM monochrome cooled CMOS cameras, Losmandy GM811G mount, ASIAir controller, auto-guided. Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Lightroom, and Photoshop.