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March 28-29, 2014

Leo Triplet - M65, M66 and NGC 3628

Fort Griffin State Historic Park

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 on the left is NGC 3628. (Wikipedia)

Astro Physics 155 EDFS f/7
SBIG STF-8300M CCD camera
Baader Vario Finder mounted as Guidescope
Starlight Xpress Lodestar Guider
Astro Physics Mach 1 GTO mount

Astrodon Gen2 Red/Green/Blue (2x2bin)- (12@ 5min each)
Astrodon Gen2 Luminance 1x1 - 14 @ 10 min each
Guided with PHD
Captured and Stacked in Nebulosity 3
Processed in Photoshop CS5 full exif

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