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May, 2013

Leo Triplet LRGB

Backyard - Plano, TX

The Leo Triplet (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65 and M66, and the long galaxy at the right is NGC 3628. (Wikipedia)

Tak FSQ-106N w/ Extender Q at f/8
Astro Tech 111 ED
SBIG STF-8300M CCD camera
Astro Tech 72 ED guidescope
Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Astro Physics Mach 1 GTO mount

Takahashi - R/G/B - (12 @ 4 min ea) (144 min total)
Luminosity - 53 @ 4 min (212 min total)
AstroTech - Luminosity - 38 @ 5 min (190 min total)
All Luminosity taken with IDAS LPS filter
9 hours total exposure

Guided with PHD
Captured and Stacked in Nebulosity 3
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop CS5 hide exif
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Date/Time01-Jun-2013 15:12:48
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